gerund , auch: gerundive

After all, it was a jungle of gerunds out there.

Is he really in any position to be a go-to guy about gerunds?

This is not possible with the gerund; instead one could say the government's raising taxes.

In using the gerund, here's the hard part: when does a saving become savings?

The same form used as a gerund has the following uses:

There would have been another choice, however: put the gerund ahead of the possessors.

This should never be used as a gerund, as it often is in English.

There may be more than one gerund in one sentence.

The gerund has its own specific order, to put its objects.

In the above example, the first sentence has two gerunds and one infinitive.

But I'm a little unsure about the pluperfect and gerunds.

The gerund has the distinctions of aspect and voice.

He said he wanted to make gerunds extinct within a generation.

The gerund functions as the head of a subordinate clause (see the example above).

The gerund is used to form the following tense forms:

Gerunds and infinitives can follow certain verbs but not others.

Also, an expression of disdain, often preceded by a rude gerund.

The gerund is formed similarly to the present active participle.

Here the gerund is the verb eating, which takes an object this cake.

When a personal pronoun comes in front of a gerund, the possessive form is called for: say my, not me.

My next offering, I couldn't help but going, used the gerund instead of the infinitive.

One common use of the gerund is with the preposition ad to indicate purpose.

The gerund does not have a plural, and its gender is neuter.

To see the difference between the simple past and the gerund when used with been, consider the following expressions: