One thing I find with gerunds (and like anything this is no hard and fast rule) is that they don't tend to hold the power of a strong verb. They're something I tend to eliminate in edits.
Billy would it work better if we said gerunds are when you nounify a verb?
Billy would it work better if we said gerunds are when you nounify a verb?
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