By Gerunds, Countable nouns

With some verbs, yes. It depends on whether the "-ing" form of the verb is a recognised countable noun. For example, "there was a pounding" is fine, as is "poundings of the heart". On the other hand, "existings" (to pick an example at random) is unnatural...

I am not sure if the following answers your question but I'll say it anyway. Some grammarians don't distinguish between verbal nouns (= complete nouns formed from verbs with the ing ending) and gerunds (= words that are neither verbs nor nouns but resemble both to some extent). Some...

.Yours needs fixing: It is a laying aside of some of those thingsI find this reclassification into a countable noun not good; it is better as: It is laying aside some of those things that is difficult to do.... Secondary classification (which has nothing to do with gerunds per se) is an...

Hi,Something seems amiss in the category structure. My understanding used to be that the dictionary entry for a verb begins with the (bare) infinitive, and is typically followed by the present and past participles, and then the present 3rd person singular, or something like that. I always...

Hi, It has been known to me that a gerund can function as a noun and should or likely to be treated more as an uncountable noun than a countable noun. Mixing of sugar and flour makes this dough ... If you want to be specific, I think you could write: The mixing of sugar and flour makes this...

Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far:Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived as...

Dear Friends, I have couple of questions (which has been nagging me for a long time) about 'As much...As' comparative clause. What all (noun (uncountable/countable), adjectives (gradable/non-gradable), infinitive, gerund) we can use in 'As much....as' clause? 'As much <noun...

The only thing that can come after a preposition to form a prepositional phrase is a noun phrase, usually a noun accompanied by its preceding determiner and perhaps an adjective. A relative clause may be added. The noun itself may be a gerund. If the element after the candidate for a...

Thank you, CalifJim. I am going to give you four sentences that have a preposition followed by what looks to be a noun equivalent. Can you please tell me if these are illustrations of your points that you made above? Are they all correct noun equivalents? 1.He is displeased with filling...

CalifJim wrote:Gerunds can be treated as countable or non-countable, the same as other nouns. It seems to me that as non-countables they are generally taken more abstractly. Thank you, CalifJim. I am going to give you four sentences that have a preposition followed by what looks to be a noun...