https://dahaines.com/writers-do-you-know-how-to-use-the-gerund/ Alter ego of author, Derek Haines Sun, 09 Jun 2024 18:36:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://dahaines.com/writers-do-you-know-how-to-use-the-gerund/#comment-22358 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:49:25 +0000 http://www.derekhaines.ch/vandal/?p=11642#comment-22358 Interesting article, Derek, and the web certainly can use more like this. The gerund is so flexible that I notice ESL folks using it for every sentence. A gerund allows one to use a verb without knowing the tense, which as we know can be tricky in English. So instead of think, thought, (present, past) I can say “I have been thinking that . . .” Perhaps I am misunderstanding point four, that certain verbs are used with the gerund only. I don’t expect you to admit defeat and appreciate your article!

]]> https://dahaines.com/writers-do-you-know-how-to-use-the-gerund/#comment-21829 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:16:39 +0000 http://www.derekhaines.ch/vandal/?p=11642#comment-21829 This looks like one of my E.A.L. classes!

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