09-18-2013, 01:15 AM
(09-18-2013, 12:59 AM)milo Wrote:Well, it would be nice not to misuse the term gerund when responding to someone on a poetry board using it while critiquing your poem.(09-18-2013, 12:08 AM)ellajam Wrote:I don't even know if there is a benefit to being able to identify a gerund(09-17-2013, 11:51 PM)tectak Wrote: I have said this before but I cannot claim to be the originator.Nice, that's something I can probably remember.
If you put "in the act of" before the -ing word, and it still makes sentence sense...it is not a gerund. If it makes no sentence sense....you have a gerund.
eg.
"Mary was washing the car" now..."Mary was in the act of washing the car." still makes sense so NOT a gerund.
"Washing the car was Mary's job" now..." In the act of washing the car was Mary's job".makes NO sense. It IS a a gerund.
Easy.
Best,
tectak.
other than to impress people on poetry boards.
Aside from that, nope, hasn't come up.
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