http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestionsGerund-Use/gqhxb/post.htm#582338Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:41:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:582338AlpheccaStars0http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestionsGerund-Use/gqhxb/post.htm#582338http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-582338.xmlThe site has the following reference works on line: American Heritage® Book of English Usage. 1996. With a detailed look at grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups and scientific forms, this valuable reference work is ideal for students, writers, academicians and anybody concerned about proper writing style. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. This most extensive handbook of the language ever published features over 6,500 descriptive and prescriptive entires with 4,300 hyperlinked cross-references. Strunk, William, Jr. 1918. The Elements of Style. Believing that one must first know the rules to break them, this classic reference book is a must-have for any student or writer. Fowler, H. W....http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestionsGerund-Use/gqhxb/post.htm#582335Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:41:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:582335CalifJim1http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestionsGerund-Use/gqhxb/post.htm#582335http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-582335.xmlIf Fowler were still alive he&#39;d be 150 years old!!! I&#39;d recommend a more recent work. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestionsGerund-Use/gqhxb/post.htm#582258Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:41:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:582258AlpheccaStars2http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestionsGerund-Use/gqhxb/post.htm#582258http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-582258.xmlThis is a very scholarly work dealing with the complexities and analysis of Grammar, with a special section devoted to Gerunds, participles, and infinitive phrases. If you want to read the entire work, it is online. A link to the entire chapter follows. This section is on determining if an -ing word is a gerund or a participle. One clear difference between a gerund and a participle is that the gerund has a subject (a participle does not), and this subject should be expressed in the possessive case. I dislike my best friend(&#39;s) violating my privacy. Unfortunately, if the verbal form is passive, the object becomes the subject, which poses some difficulties for this grammarian. I dislike my privacy being violated by my friend. He...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestionsGerund-Use/gqhxb/post.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 06:41:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:581996Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestionsGerund-Use/gqhxb/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-581996.xmlHi, I was trying to get more information of gerund and came upon this online On the top, it (the text) had the following wording: H.W. Fowler (1858-1933). The King&#39; s English, 2nd ed. 1908 Chapter II . Syntax THE GERUND What followd next was not eary to follow but from what I can understand, I have several questions from the text that followed: 1. How do we know if something that we are using is a gerund or a participle? How about this? If we use an object pronoun, what follows is an either present or past participle and not a gerund like &quot;him doing this&quot;? Many years ago I became impressed with the necessity for our infantry being taught and practised in the skifful use of their rifle.-Lord Roberts. 2. In summariaing...