gerund is ending with -ing It is usually used with a continuous sense e.g. I am writing to you now. I don't agree with your gerund example, Wmoynan. In my opinion, you have not provided an example of a gerund. 1. I am writing to you now. In

1. Chloë has been living in Leeds for six months now, but I have lived there longer. (PERFECT CONTINUOUS) 2. I enjoy walking to work every morning. (CONTINUOUS TENSE) No, simple present tense. Walking is a gerund required by enjoy. 3. I have

In the example that "CJ" gave, what is(what are) the grammar reason(reasons) that "Having" is used as a noun - ie, how can one discern that it is used as a noun in this sentence as opposed to a participle? Hi Philip: The verb

Here is how my logic processed these 3 sentences. While these sentences look grammatically correct, I think using them in the present progressive form in conjunction with a gerund structure seem a bit awkward in this context from a scenario

Hi, Why you think that bounc ING baby = a healthy, vigorous baby? 'Bouncing baby' is a phrase. You need to use it in a full sentence to make sense of it. Mary has a new bouncing baby boy . Here, 'bouncing'

I met a screenplay teacher who insisted "-ing" words (I'm referring to verbals), should not be in a screenplay. Only the simple present tense should be used. Movies move. They're about motion. The present progressive tense is all

(1) & (2) are much too depressing for my gentle sensibilities 3) The earth is becoming heavily and is turning worse as days go by Do we need to repeat the "is" to make parallel structure? Can we just write "is" once and

"Inadequacy" is the subject of your sentence, but there's no verb. Everything you've written describes what kind of inadequacy you're talking about, but you don't say what it does or what it is. An example of an action

CB, is it the "all" or is it the "do"? Because you can say "All you are doing is making me more angry by the second!" At least, I think we can. But that's "you are making" as present continuous, and

Neither of your answers fit, but here is a correctly finished sentence with most of the phrases and words: . Despite his fondness for writing involved stories in which dying women are threatening evil villans, his appealing children's stories