Gerund in a sentence

Gerund meaning

1. A verbal form that functions as a verbal noun. (In English, a gerund has the same spelling as a present participle, but functions differently; however, this distinction may be ambiguous or unclear and so is no longer made in some modern texts such as A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language and The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language)
2. In some languages such as Dutch, Italian or Russian, a verbal form similar to a present participle, but functioning as an adverb to form adverbial phrases or continuous tense. These constructions have various names besides gerund, depending on the language, such as conjunctive participles, active participles, adverbial participles, transgressives, etc.

Using Gerund

• The main meaning on this page is: A verbal form that functions as a verbal noun. (In English, a gerund has the same spelling as a present participle, but functions differently; however, this distinction may be ambiguous or unclear and so is no longer made in some modern texts such as A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language and The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language) | In some languages such as Dutch, Italian or Russian, a verbal form similar to a present participle, but functioning as an adverb to form adverbial phrases or continuous tense. These constructions have various names besides gerund, depending on the language, such as conjunctive participles, active participles, adverbial participles, transgressives, etc.
• Useful related words include: verbal noun, deverbal noun.
• In the example corpus, gerund often appears in combinations such as: the gerund.

Context around Gerund

• Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
• Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 0 end
• Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

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Corpus analysis for Gerund

• In this selection, "gerund" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
• Around the word, english, buying and verb stand out and add context to how "gerund" is used.
• Recognizable usage signals include are the gerund or present and else the gerund which is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
• By corpus frequency, "gerund" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.