By English grammar, Gerunds

Does the applicant have experience utilizing computerized tomography? What is the underlined part called in English grammar? Why must the -ing form be used? Is it an adverbial, a gerund form, or something different? and I want to have my house painted. What is painted called? It is not the...

Hi Cogar, Use the possessive with the -ing, absolutely! (I'm afraid to say gerund or present participle anymore - discussed this yesterday with CJ - see Him doing and His doing in General English Grammar) But you'd say, "I am referring to the Friday afternoon meeting this...

Grammar Geek wrote:Singing is a gerund, a noun, so it takes the possessive my. This is rather peculiar, I think. I have encountered the same thing on these forums many times. Native speakers say: "A gerund is a noun." Do they teach it that way in American schools and universities? Grammatical...

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...

Thanks Spectacled-Girl for your prompt reply. In A Practical English Grammar by Oxford University Press topic No. 98, it is said "Verb placed immediately after the preposition must be in the gerund form." e.g. He left without paying his bill. I am looking forward to seeing him.

Clive wrote:The bottom line, of course, is that any of these systems is OK as long as it provides a tool that someone finds useful in learning to speak good English. Would you call this a relative clause? I don't know where the pen is. What would you say it relates to? When I asked this, I...

Clive wrote:Would you call this a relative clause? I don't know where the pen is. What would you say it relates to?Hi CliveI learned my grammatical terminology as a schoolboy and as far as I can remember most of the terms I learned were applicable to all the languages I studied. There were/are...

Peaceblinkfriend wrote:So possible is the adjective in both sentences, the impossible is the object, making is the gerund, then where is the verb? Sorry, Pbf, making is the only 'verb'. Of course it really is a gerund and the impossible is its object. The gerund is a somewhat controversial...

I'm quoting from Essential English Grammar.The words in bold are gerunds or verbal nouns, i.e. verbs used as nouns.Running is a good way to keep fit.Susan is good at drawing.I don't like watching television.Sometimes it is difficult to know whether an ing word is a gerund or a present...

Inchoateknowledge wrote: Hello There are two important things we must do: we have to convene a meeting, the other being the retrieval of the lost animal. IMO, the blue part is a participle phrase, and not a gerund one. My problem is: I do not see the participle phrase being used in...