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Latest post Mon, Apr 27 2009 6:44 PM by Grammar Geek. 1 replies.
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Anonymous  +  704248 Mon, 27 Apr 09 06:24 PM

Can we have an article just before a verb?
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Grammar Geek  +  704266 Mon, 27 Apr 09 06:44 PM
Short answer: no.

 

Longer answer: Sometimes verbs in the -ing form are gerunds, which act like nouns. Verbs have noun form counterparts too: My football team sure took a beating.

 

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Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!
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