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Laborious Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

verbal gerunds, nominal gerunds and verbal nouns (is there any difference?)

Hi teachers,

Is it possible for us to call "a verbal noun" "a nominal gerund"?
Is there any difference between "verbal gerund(s)" and "nominal gerund(s)"?

For example;
-The meeting was cancelled because it had been raining.
[Here, would you refer to "meeting" as 'a verbal noun", 'a nominal gerund" or as "a verbal gerund"?]

-Meeting the CEO of the company was a great experience.
[Here, how do you see the word 'meeting'?, as 'verbal noun', as 'nominal gerund' or 'as verbal gerund'?

Could you please tell me the difference between these 'a nominal gerund', 'a verbal gerund' and 'a verbal noun'?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

Laborious -The meeting was cancelled because it had been raining. ] noun or gerundial noun Laborious -Meeting the CEO of the company was a great experience. , as 'verbal noun', as 'nominal gerund' or 'as verbal gerund'?

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  • Laborious -The meeting was cancelled because it had been raining.
  • ] noun or gerundial noun Laborious -Meeting the CEO of the company was a great experience.
  • , as 'verbal noun', as 'nominal gerund' or 'as verbal gerund'?
  • verb or gerund or gerund-participle
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Laborious-The meeting was cancelled because it had been raining.
[Here, would you refer to "meeting" as 'a verbal noun", 'a nominal gerund" or as "a verbal gerund"?]
noun or gerundial noun
Laborious-Meeting the CEO of the company was a great experience.
[Here, how do you see the word 'meeting'?, as 'verbal noun', as 'nominal ger
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Dear Aspara Gus, thank you very much for your reply.

So, are the terms, I mentioned for those words, incorrect? Do they differ from the terms (gerundial noun, gerund, and gerund - participle) you mentioned?

Thank you again!
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LaboriousSo, are the terms, I mentioned for those words, incorrect?
I had never come across them before, so I used the terms I was familiar with.
LaboriousDo they differ from the terms (gerundial noun, gerund, and gerund - participle) you mentioned?
I suppose “nominal gerund” and “verbal noun” could be synonyms for “gerundia
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Laborious'a nominal gerund', 'a verbal gerund'
See http://aclweb.org/anthology/Y/Y01/Y01-1030.pdf

CJ
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