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A [[gerund]] is a [[verb]] form which functions as a [[noun]], in [[Latin]] having a (declinable) ending ''-ndum'', and in English ending in ''-ing'' | |||
[[ | ''Do you mind my doubting you?'' (as [[René Descartes]] once said to himself). “Do you want that throwing in the bin?” Compare with a [[gerundive]], a [[verb]] which functions as an [[adjective]]. | ||
[[ | Where better to end than the grate [[nigel molesworth|n molesworth]] the curse of st custards, [[as any fule kno]]. | ||
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A gerund is a verb form which functions as a noun, in Latin having a (declinable) ending -ndum, and in English ending in -ing
Do you mind my doubting you? (as René Descartes once said to himself). “Do you want that throwing in the bin?” Compare with a gerundive, a verb which functions as an adjective.
Where better to end than the grate n molesworth the curse of st custards, as any fule kno.