GERUNDS
The gerund is a verb with adverbial value.
No adjective or noun has value, as it has in other languages (including
English).
Along with the participle and the infinitive is one of the personal forms of the
verb.
The gerund must meet three...
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GERUNDS
The gerund is a verb with adverbial value.
No adjective or noun has value, as it has in other languages (including
English).
Along with the participle and the infinitive is one of the personal forms of the
verb.
The gerund must meet three conditions for its use is correct:
A) function as an adverb (circumstantial) or a verb;
B) express simultaneous action or before the main verb;
C) the subject s gerund is the same as that of the main verb or have a proper
subject.
With physical perception verbs the subject may be the direct object
of the main verb:
EJ:
I saw children playing.
Are invalid all uses that do not include the three conditions at once (although
some of them already have a lot of tradition).
Often the gerund is omitted for fear of using it incorrectly.
No need to fear,
and it is not uncommon for correct gerund avoid an error is incurred, as in
the following example:
What killed after throwing out the window (instead of throwing it out the
window murdered).
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