'While' is not an abstract noun when the sentence is about somebody doing something, before they do something else. It is more like a connective word (because, and, or). For example: 'While she waited for the train, she drank a cup

Does "Carpeting" in the title derive from a verb "carpet" and not from "carpeting" which happens to be a noun itself? One would need to study the history of early uses of these words to be absolutely sure, but

Hi, Can somebody tell me if "waiting", "while" and "smell" are abstract nouns? My dictionary defines 'concrete', when used to describe a noun, as denoting a material object , as opposed to an abstract

Well, here's one approach. Think of the roles that nouns play in a sentence. As a subject: Chocolate is great. Dogs are great. As an object: I like dogs. I like chocolate. Sometimes what you like, or what you want to say is great

Hi, Here some extracts from conversation (about baseball) I'd like you to help me understand: "...And now that Roger Clemens, who is to pitching in this era what Bonds has been to hitting ." - could you explain in terms of grammar why gerund

by is the better choice, in my opinion. through , though synonymous, is not used very often in this precise role. Both are correct, however. It seems to me that by is more used in association with actions (such as indicated with gerunds like

«All examples with the ---ing of --- are called gerunds there.» I must have overlooked something, but I clearly see that all such examples are listed under the caption: "The VERBAL ABSTRACT NOUNS". Correct me if I am wrong. I'm sorry

Schetin «A grammar is only a view of language. No matter what terminology, if it helps avoid mistakes and explain phenomena, then the grammar is good.» Very true. Also I'd say this: Rules describe the language, not define it. Rules

All of your examples are gerunds if we stick to modern terminology. Forget about the terminology verbal noun . It's total garbage! It has many different definitions, depending on the author and when the grammar book was written.

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these words kilometer centimeter Are those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ? After that, I want to indentify the part of