By Plurals, Gerunds

No. It's not a productive process in English. Stick to those which already exist, such as those below.awakenings, christenings, comings, coverings, findings, flavorings, furnishings, gatherings, goings, happenings, imaginings, offerings, openings, renderings, seasonings, sufferings,...

Hi,I think I heard someone using the words like "poundings" as in "poundings of a heart."Can we make a plural out of a gerund or what CB seemed to have called a verbal noun?

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...

Hello Grammar Teacher/Teachers, 1. Can we form a noun from a verb by adding a suffix ' ing ' and then by adding a suffix ' s ' to make it a plural noun ? 2. Where can I read up on this subject ? 3. In Cambridge Dictionaries Online, a gerund is a word that ends in ' -ing...

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...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following sentence by using the...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following setence by using the...

Believer wrote:Can a gerund function as a countable noun? If so, can you show me how it is done in simple terms?Hi BelieverOf course a gerund can form a plural: his comings and goings.As you see, the plural is formed by adding an s to the word. Some grammarians distinguish between a gerund and a...

Hi, After a fake academic degree scandal of Ms.Shin, a former professor at Dongguk University, is exposed, a continual coming out of celebrities’ ‘fake degree’ is following like domino effect : Ms.Yun’s confession that she hasn’t attended Ewha Univ. is also one of the case. What is the...

aiming at the description of translating and translations ‘‘as they manifest themselves in the world of our experience’’OK. Now I see more clearly what you're asking. One of the meanings of the true noun is basically the same as the meaning of the gerund. The other meaning of the true noun...