Here is my take: Recognizing the immediate danger, he ordered everyone to evacuate the building. - participle phrase usge. Recognize is a transitive verb, but I've used it without an object and as a gerund. Is that acceptable? Or,

It is the object of the verb. Verb objects are nouns, noun phrases or noun clauses. Ergo, it is a gerund (an '-ing' verb form acting as a noun.) (This conversation started HERE .)

Now I am curious... "Prices may vary depending on location" which is the example I tried to use as a parallel to the original question. I saw this usage quite a few times before at McDonalds as different stores have different pricing

<< Also depending on the occasion would be the shape of the cake. >> I've never considered the sentence wrong. I'm comfortable with atypical sentences. But I was embarrassed by the poster's question about the subject. Amy

Yes, a gerund: I like playing guitar. Playing guitar is a good hobby.

Hi, Many kind thanks in advance for anyone who can answer the following question. What part of speech is the word guitar in the sentence below: It's a noun, as you probably know. I like playing guitar. Is playing guitar a noun

Hello, Many kind thanks in advance for anyone who can answer the following question. What part of speech is the word guitar in the sentence below: I like playing guitar. Is playing guitar a noun phrase, and if so, what is that?

CJ, Thanks. I am still not clear why #1 is better. 'Rather than' needs to be followed by a noun or noun phrase, and therefore I felt the gerund 'disappointing' is more appropriate. Take another example, 3. Rather

Jaleel.nt, in the first instance, we deal with a phenomenon that is conventionally known as a passive gerund ; the whole clause with being... can be substituted with a noun phrase, eg, ...this award . Therefore, we refer to being... as a nominal

Hi, " Looking forward to " must be followed by a noun phrase, so you might have (for instance): - a noun (I'm looking forward to your reply ) - a pronoun (I'm looking forward to it ) - a gerund (I'm looking forward to