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Gerunds & Infinitives: A Gerund Is The Ing-Form of A Verb Used As A Noun. Its Position Can Be Either As A Subject
Gerunds & Infinitives: A Gerund Is The Ing-Form of A Verb Used As A Noun. Its Position Can Be Either As A Subject
A gerund is the ing-form of a verb used as a noun. Its position can be either as a subject or an object. Example : 1. Playing tennis is fun. (Subject) 2. We enjoy playing tennis. (Object) An infinitive : to + the simple form of a verb (e.g., to talk, to play, to write)
Using Gerunds as the Objects of Prepositions We talked about going to Canada for our vacation. Mary is in charge of organizing the meeting. I am interested in learning more about your work. I am used to sleeping with the window open. I object to changing my plans at this late date.
I enjoy playing tennis. b. He quit smoking. c. She finished eating dinner 30 minutes ago.
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Verb + Gerund enjoy quit avoid delay mind consider appreciate finish keep discuss postpone mention suggest stop* *Stop can also be followed by an infinitive.