By Constructions, Gerunds

This is my first post, so please forgive me if I have used the wrong format. I frequently find sentences with a comma joining a gerund phrase, such as Family conflicts are often heightened by immigration stress, creating intergenerational and intercultural conflict. But, to my understanding,...

Both the first and third examples work. The first is the gerund construction, the third is the subjunctive construction. The second is incorrect. However, despite being technically correct, both the first and third examples still sound awkward. Ultimately, I think this is because it sounds...

You are confusing sentence 1 with the need in your mind for the structure of sentence 2. But sentence 1 is complete in itself. If the question is asked, "Where is John?" An appropriate and complete sentential response would be "He left." Not "He left the party"...

information. Here is another example of the same construction: 1) Her greatest pleasure is travelling. (It doesn't mean that we have a travelling pleasure but that travelling is her pleasure.) 2) Her greatest pleasure is to travel. (To travel is her pleasure.)

I stand corrected. I had "to cook" and "cooking" somehow reversed in my explanation. Is this clarified? I like to cook (the first is bare infinitive construction )= I like cooking (the latter is gerund)

I don't understand what you're talking about. Why 'to cook' is gerund construction? Second, 'cooking' is bare infinitive. Can you clarify what you said?

As Feebs11 pointed out, meaning is the same but the first is gerund construction and the latter is bare infinitive construct. I like to cook = I like cooking

The list isn't meant to be exhaustive or carefully arranged. Any additions, corrections or further examples would be welcomed. 1 main verbs; lexical verbs (all verbs which are not auxiliaries or modals) 2 action verbs; event verbs; dynamic verbs (a verb which can be used in...

.Some grammarians don't like the name 'gerund' and stick with 'participial form of the verb' and/or call such clauses merely ' '-ing' clauses'. If the clause serves as a noun, the -ing verb form can be called a gerund.Utilizing tomography thrills me.My hobby...

Hi, It might take long to ask this question but I will try to shorten it. You have the conjunction 'when' and when you use it as a subordinate clause, I think you can use it elliptically like this: He should not grunt when playing tennis Here, I think a full, expanded version of ...