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Hello MrP History of English Gerunds (quoted from OED) The most notable development of the verbal nouns in form of -ing is its use as a gerund, i.e. a substantive with certain verbal functions, particularly those of being qualified by an adverb instead of an adjective, and of governing an...

It's now called The McGraw-Hill College Handbook See below. From McGraw-Hill's webpage. There's been some cut & pasting from the old edition but the song remains the same -:) The McGraw-Hill College Handbook Compositions Author(s): Richard Marius Harvey Wiener ISBN: 007040481X...