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Question by  sillyme (11)

What is a gerund phrase?

I have heard the word gerund before, but I don't know what it is.

 
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Answer by  Gunrunner (561)

A gerund is a verbal ending in "ing" that acts like a noun. A gerund phrase functions as a unit and can do anything a noun can do.

 
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Answer by  Olive (1195)

think "ing" plus a noun in a phrase That is what a gerund is: eating, thinking, turking Thinking about gerunds and nouns can make you crazy if you let it

 
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Answer by  Anonymous

gerund, a verb that ends with -ing, but acts as a noun,+modifiers+objects+modifiers of its object

 
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