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Re: A sequel to an article before a gerund question

Hi,I think I have seen more than enough cases where what people call a verbal noun has the indefinite article 'a' in front of it and at the very least, the sheer number (should it be - sheer numbrs??) of it warrants some good explanations from experts in this forum. I think I can laid out...

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A sequel to an article before a gerund question

Hi,Can you please tell me why a person use an indefinite article before a gerund/verbal noun? I think here people are making an instance of all the gerund/verbal noun "a playing" and not making types of it. Like I have said in the thread named "indefinite article before a...

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Re: indefinite article before a gerund

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...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 23 days ago Articles Verbs Plurals Nouns Gerunds Countable nouns Indefinite articles Definite articles Speaking English
indefinite article before a gerund

Hi,I think native speakers go about making something like a gerund or content in parentheses with the thoughts in mind that a tactic of makig it a type or instance is possible.eg,discussiona discussion -- an instance of discussion, thus countableshampooa dandruff shampoo -- a possible type of...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 23 days ago Articles Gerunds Indefinite articles Definite articles
Re: decline.

Just to clarify about the indefinite article: it's OK to say "stores and restaurants see sharp decline in sales" without the article when using the present tense; in fact it has the ring of a newspaper headline. On the other hand when using the gerund not using the article in this...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Huevos 48 days ago Articles Grammar Tenses Present tenses Gerunds Indefinite articles Definite articles
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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...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Believer 56 days ago Articles Dates Nouns Gerunds Uncountable nouns Countable nouns Indefinite articles Definite articles Quotation marks Semantic meanings
why is that?

Hi, I have a Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary and taking many looks of it these days, I came up with this query. Please answer if you could. Why is that some what look like gerunds have an indefinite article, like 'a', before them in the entries in my dictianary; whereas,...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Believer 229 days ago Articles Nouns Gerunds Indefinite articles Definite articles
Re: two questions

Hi, What grammar part is this? It is nice seeing you here. A gerund. ou are really saying 'Seeing you here is nice'. Should I use the articles before these? I want/would like to invite you to a (no 'a'??) Christmas dinner. I want/would like to invite you to a (no 'a'??) Thanksgiving dinner....

ESL Basic English Grammar Questions and Help by Clive 260 days ago Grammar Articles Definite articles Indefinite articles Gerunds
Re: gerund or verbal noun

... the old grammarians would have called 1.1 and 2.1 verbal nouns. No. See below. See Sect. 273 of B&S. All examples with the ---ing of --- are called gerunds there. 1.1 «The singing was excellent» I'm not sure what B&S would call this, but neither verbal noun nor gerund is...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 313 days ago Articles Grammar Verbs Nouns Gerunds Indefinite articles Definite articles
Re: gerund or verbal noun

Thanks for the clarification, I didn't know that source was so old. So, assuming the modern terminology, the term gerund comprehends a much wider class of (?)words. And the "gerunds" in the examples below are very different but all gerunds, while the old grammarians would have called 1.1 and 2.1...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Ant_222 313 days ago Articles Grammar Nouns Gerunds Indefinite articles Definite articles