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Where better to start than the grate n molesworth, the curse of st custards, as any fule kno.
a {{tag|verb}} form which functions as a {{tag|noun}}, in {{tag|Latin}}  having a (declinable) ending ''-ndum'', and in English ending in ''-ing''
 
''Do you mind my doubting you?'' (as Rene Descartes once said to himself). Compare with a [[gerundive]], a {{tag|verb}} which functions as an {{tag|adjective}}.
 
Where better to end than the grate n molesworth, the curse of st custards, as any fule kno.





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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 Rene Descartes once said to himself). 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.


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