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The entire clause eating this cake is then used as a noun, which in this case serves as the subject of the larger sentence. An item such as eating this cake in the foregoing example is an example of a non-finite verb phrase; however, because phrases of this
Historically, grammarians have described a verbal noun or gerundial noun as a verb form that functions as a noun. [1] An example of a verbal noun in English is 'sacking' as in the sentence "The sacking of the city was an epochal event" (wherein sacking is a gerund form of the verb sack). A verbal noun, as a type of nonfinite verb form, is a ...
For example, addendum comes from the gerundive of addere ("to add"), and so means something that must be added; referendum comes from the gerundive of referre ("to bring back" [to the people]); agenda comes from the neuter plural of agendus, the gerundive of agere "to do", and so means things that must be done; reverend comes from the gerundive ...
The article claims to cover "gerundial nouns", but to exclude gerunds. All the examples given of "gerundial nouns" are gerunds. Meanwhile, gerunds are again referred to as a different type of word that can also be used as a noun. The linked article on gerunds clearly covers the same sort of "gerundial nouns".
“For example, ‘I hope your test went well. I know you studied hard for that,’ or ‘What a beautiful day today. I hope you had fun at recess.’” ...
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Take, for example, Sky Ferreira’s comeback, a new bop by Rebecca Black, or SZA’s long-awaited deluxe album, LANA. And, of course, we couldn’t resist adding some festive tunes in the mix too ...