Verbal noun VS participle

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What is the difference between a verbal noun and a participle?

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,
What is the difference between a verbal noun and a participle?

A verbal noun is often called a gerund.
eg Tom likes dancing.

Examples of a participle.
as an adjective - Tom saw a dancing bear. Tom saw a painted house.
as part of a verb tense - Tom was dancing. The house was painted by Tom.

Clive

AH020387 · Answer

Thanks

Cool Breeze · Answer

Some grammarians distinguish between a gerund and a verbal noun. A gerund has some of the characteristics of a noun but also resembles a verb in that it can have an object and it has two tenses, and can even occur in the passive voice.

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She wasn't exactly crazy about having been seen in my company.

A verbal noun has been formed from a verb by adding ing just like a gerund, but unlike a gerund, it has none of the above characteristics typical of a gerund and can take all the attributes typical of nouns. These include the articles and adjectival attributes, which cannot occur before gerunds.

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CB

Lopez · Answer

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