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Walking is a good exercise.


Here walking functions as a gerund, but it is an intransitive verb. Do transitive verbs also function as gerunds, because they don't have an object?

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Transitive verbs form gerundial phrases:  Walking your dog is good exercise.
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Thanks, but I meant verbs which are transitive ONLY, unlike walking and other words, and whether one can omit the object of the verb. For instance, can one say: Recognizing is tough.


Recognize is a transitive verb, but I've used it without an object and as a gerund. Is that acceptable? Or, must I say 'recognizing X is tough' and provide an object? Put simply, must I mention an object even while using the transitive verb as a gerund?

 
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“ Put simply, must I mention an object even while using the transitive verb as a gerund?”
If it is transitive only, then it has to have an object regardless whether it is the main verb or a gerund.


You don't say:  Mary recognized.

Therefore, you don't say:  Recognizing is tough.


There may be poetic or literary uses of what you are talking about, but in general the properties of the gerund are the same as the properties of the associated main verb.


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Here is my take:

Recognizing the immediate danger,he ordered everyone to evacuate the building. - participle phrase usge.

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Recognize is a transitive verb, but I've used it without an object and as a gerund. Is that acceptable? Or, must I say 'recognizing X is tough' and provide an object? Put simply, must I mention an object even while using the transitive verb as a gerund?

Recognizing our own shortcomings is something most of us unable to do. Noun phrase usage.  

 

 

Without supporting contexts, the two phrases below are just plain phrases which can't be determined . Whether it's a noun or participle phrase, to me, really depends on the how the main clause is constructed.

Recognizing the immediate danger ..

Recognizing our own shortcomings ..

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