A gerund is a type of word in English grammar that acts as a noun, formed from a verb and always ending in -ing. It can be confused with a participle, which acts like an adjective. Gerunds can be difficult to identify, but always function as nouns and rarely require punctuation. While not one of […]
Participles function as adjectives or adverbs, while gerunds function as nouns. Participles end in -ing, -ed, or -en, and gerunds end in -ing. Both can take the form of single words or phrases and function as subjects, direct objects, or objects of prepositions. Both a participle and a gerund are classified as verbs, which, in […]
