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GERUND
A traditional grammatical term for a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. Adjective: gerundial.
A gerund (also known as an -ing form) with its objects,complements, and modifiers is called a gerund phrase, or simply anoun phrase.
EX.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
PARTICIPLE
A verbal that functions as an adjective. Adjective: participial.
Present participles end in -ing (carrying, sharing, tapping). Past participles of regular verbs end in -ed (carried, shared, tapped).
EX.
"God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
INFINITIVE
A verbal--often preceded by the particle to--that can function as anoun, an adjective, or an adverb. Adjective: infinitival.
Distinctions are usually made between to-infinitives and zero infinitives.
EX>
"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."
GERUND
A traditional grammatical term for a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. Adjective: gerundial.
A gerund (also known as an -ing form) with its objects,complements, and modifiers is called a gerund phrase, or simply anoun phrase.
EX.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
PARTICIPLE
A verbal that functions as an adjective. Adjective: participial.
Present participles end in -ing (carrying, sharing, tapping). Past participles of regular verbs end in -ed (carried, shared, tapped).
EX.
"God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
INFINITIVE
A verbal--often preceded by the particle to--that can function as anoun, an adjective, or an adverb. Adjective: infinitival.
Distinctions are usually made between to-infinitives and zero infinitives.
EX>
"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."
GERUND
A traditional grammatical
A traditional grammatical term for a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. Adjective: gerundial.
A gerund (also known as an -ing form) with its objects,complements, and modifiers is called a gerund phrase, or simply anoun phrase.
EX.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
PARTICIPLE
A verbal that functions as an adjective. Adjective: participial.
Present participles end in -ing (carrying, sharing, tapping). Past participles of regular verbs end in -ed (carried, shared, tapped).
EX.
"God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
INFINITIVE
A verbal--often preceded by the particle to--that can function as anoun, an adjective, or an adverb. Adjective: infinitival.
Distinctions are usually made between to-infinitives and zero infinitives.
EX>
"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."
GERUND
A traditional grammatical term for a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. Adjective: gerundial.
A gerund (also known as an -ing form) with its objects,complements, and modifiers is called a gerund phrase, or simply anoun phrase.
EX.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
PARTICIPLE
A verbal that functions as an adjective. Adjective: participial.
Present participles end in -ing (carrying, sharing, tapping). Past participles of regular verbs end in -ed (carried, shared, tapped).
EX.
"God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
INFINITIVE
A verbal--often preceded by the particle to--that can function as anoun, an adjective, or an adverb. Adjective: infinitival.
Distinctions are usually made between to-infinitives and zero infinitives.
EX>
"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."
GERUND
A traditional grammatical