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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Phrasal verbs and verbals

Hello

Need a little help

For words which are both noun and verb can we use its gerund and noun form interchangeably.

I like to dance/I like dancing(gerund)

I like dance (noun)

Are these correct and mean the same


Which of the following is correct

I would 'look forward to' resign from this profile

I would look forward to resigning from this profile


Thanks

  

Top answer

I like dancing . "Dancing" is strictly speaking ambiguous, though verb preferred (I like to dance ). Noun interpretation can be forced by adjectival premodification, as in occasional dancing .

— BillJ

  • I like dancing .
  • "Dancing" is strictly speaking ambiguous, though verb preferred (I like to dance ).
  • Noun interpretation can be forced by adjectival premodification, as in occasional dancing .
  • I like dance .
  • "Dance" is unequivocally a noun.
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I like dancing.

"Dancing" is strictly speaking ambiguous, though verb preferred (I like to dance). Noun interpretation can be forced by adjectival premodification, as in occasional dancing.

I like dance.

"Dance" is unequivocally a noun.

I would look forward to resign resigning from this profile. (Whate

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anonymousI would look forward to resigning from this profile

I will look forward to resigning from this company.

Resigning from a profile makes no sense.

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Sure, can I use the base word-noun and it's gerunds in place of each other

I mean gerund is to represent it's noun form so why not use the word itself.

Like - conduct /conducting, attribute /attributing, permit - permiting, conflict/conflicting ...

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How do I know that

Like I look forward to eating (makes sense to me ) as eat is a verb

But I look forward to completing or complete both sound correct to me (how to know)

Or

I look forward to permit, this sound better to me than I look forward to permitting

Also in terms of grammar why is it wrong as these are noun as well

Can you please explain

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Sure, but these words are noun also so why do we need to use its gerund.

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Hi CJ

Sure, there are certain words which can work as verb and noun as well for eg. Complete, attribute, intend etc. My query is why do we need to use gerund if we can use the base word itself.

Eg. I look forward to completing, can be replaced by I look forward to complete this project as complete is a noun as well and would convey the same meaning.


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Hi

Please find below few sentences and let me know why have/haven't we used gerunds in the following


I like (verb) to see(infinitive) him play(no gerund) why have used play as a verb not gerund or infinitive


Can I also say

I like seeing him play

Or I hate hearing him speak


I want to become rich

Here I cannot use gerund in obje

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Sure Billj, thankyou


The point I was trying to make above is if there are multiple verbs in single a sentence how to know which one would be a verbal and which would work as an action word

As in eg above I like to swim (here verb +noun) makes sense to me as the sentence structure is simple. I can figure out that subject (I) transits an action(verb-like) to object which is a n

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