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  2. Gerund - Wikipedia

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    These languages do not use the term present participle. Grammars of these languages written in English may use the form gerund. Italian gerundio: stem form + -ando or -endo; Spanish gerundio: stem form + -ando or -iendo; Portuguese gerúndio: stem form + -ando, -endo or -indo; Romanian gerunziu: stem form + -ând(u) or -ind(u)

  3. Nonfinite verb - Wikipedia

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    A gerund is a verb form that appears in positions that are usually reserved for nouns. In English, a gerund has the same form as a progressive active participle and so ends in -ing. Gerunds typically appear as subject or object noun phrases or even as the object of a preposition:

  4. Gerundive - Wikipedia

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    The term is occasionally used in descriptions of English grammar, to denote the present participle used adjectivally or adverbially e.g. 'take a running jump'. That form, ending in -ing , is identical to that of the English gerund , but it is generally called a gerund when it is used as a noun, not as an adjective or adverb e.g. 'running burns ...

  5. -ing - Wikipedia

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    When used as a gerund or present participle, the -ing form is a non-finite verb, which behaves like a (finite) verb in that it forms a verb phrase, taking typical verb dependents and modifiers such as objects and adverbs. That verb phrase is then used within a larger sentence, with the function of an adjective or adverb (in the case of the ...

  6. Continuous and progressive aspects - Wikipedia

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    For the regular verbs, the gerund is formed from the infinitive of the verb by taking the stem and attaching the appropriate gerund suffix: -are verbs take -ando and the -ere and -ire verbs both take -endo. The table shows the conjugations of stare in the present tense with a gerund to exemplify the present continuous:

  7. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    Most verbs have three or four inflected forms in addition to the base form: a third-person singular present tense form in -(e)s (writes, botches), a present participle and gerund form in -ing (writing), a past tense (wrote), and – though often identical to the past tense form – a past participle (written).

  8. English verbs - Wikipedia

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    Generally, the only inflected forms of an English verb are a third person singular present tense form ending in -s, a past tense (also called preterite), a past participle (which may be the same as the past tense), and a form ending in -ing that serves as a present participle and gerund.

  9. List of English irregular verbs - Wikipedia

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    (The present participle and gerund forms of verbs, ending in -ing, are always regular. In English, these are used as verbs, adjectives, and nouns.) In the case of modal verbs the present and preterite forms are listed, since these are the only forms that exist with the present form identical for all persons.