By Abstract nouns, Gerunds

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 isn't a normal noun, one that you can touch, like...

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 is used? For the same reason that we say 'Pitching is...

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 "paying attention"). On the other hand,...

«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 to say that you are mistaken about this. Section 11...

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 follow from the language just like physical laws...

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. _____________ The modern definition is given at...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre 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 speech of the following setence by using the...

I had these exchanges before: Taka wrote:My dictionary says:''Gerund AND gerund' , 'infinitive AND infinitive' and 'abstract noun AND abstract noun' are generally treated as singular when they are used as the compound subject of a sentence.Do you think this explanation is wrong? Grammar Geek...

Anonymous wrote: wussup everybody... i've got a Grammar exam at 14.00.. I really have no clue.. In Adverbial Clauses, we have a part called alternate structure, it's kinda changin' the subordinate clause into a new structure. This new structure is either : coordinate clause, prepositional...

Hello everybody. In Grammar, adverbial clauses have alternate structures, this means changing the structure of the clause into a new one, it can be either: coordinate clause, prepositional phrase with gerund or with abstract noun, participal phrase or an absolute constraction. We have the...