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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 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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	a [[gerund]] is a {{tag\|verb}} form which functions as a {{tag\|noun}}, in {{tag\|Latin}} having a (declinable) ending ''-ndum'', and in English ending in ''-ing''		A [[gerund]] is 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}}.		''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}}.