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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|plainenglish|
+[[File:Gerund_Pronouns.PNG|center|||frameless]]
+[[File:Gerund_Shut_Out.PNG|center|||frameless]]
+[[File:Kennedy_Gerund.PNG|center|||frameless]]
+[[File:Gerund_cuts_gerundive.PNG|center|||frameless]]}}
+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 [[René Descartes]] once said to himself). “Do you want that throwing in the bin?” 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.
+Where better to end than the grate [[nigel molesworth|n molesworth]] the curse of st custards, [[as any fule kno]].
-[[File:Gerund_Pronouns.PNG]]
+{{sa}}
+*[[nigel molesworth]]
-[[File:Gerund_Shut_Out.PNG]]
-[[File:Kennedy_Gerund.PNG]]
-[[File:Gerund_cuts_gerundive.PNG]]
-===See also===
 *{{tag|Plain English}}
 *{{tag|Grammar}}
-{{plainenglish}}
+{{c|Philosophy}}