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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Does English have a gerund? Faldage #190652 04/21/2010 1:39 PM Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 132 goofy member goofy member Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 132 Originally Posted By: Faldage But eating cakes is the object of the verb enjoy and verbs don't take verbs as their object. No, they take clauses, and eating functions as a verb in the clause eating cakes. Last edited by goofy; 04/21/2010 1:46 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Does English have a gerund? zmjezhd 03/26/2010 4:14 PM Re: Does English have a gerund? BranShea 03/26/2010 6:41 PM Re: Does English have a gerund? zmjezhd 03/26/2010 7:06 PM Re: Does English have a gerund? BranShea 03/26/2010 9:54 PM Re: Does English have a gerund? BranShea 03/27/2010 4:39 PM Re: Does English have a gerund? Faldage 03/27/2010 10:47 PM Re: Does English have a gerund? zmjezhd 03/28/2010 1:05 AM Re: Does English have a gerund? Faldage 03/28/2010 12:03 PM Re: Does English have a gerund? zmjezhd 03/28/2010 1:51 PM Re: Does English have a gerund? goofy 04/21/2010 4:48 AM Re: Does English have a gerund? Faldage 04/21/2010 10:53 AM Re: Does English have a gerund? goofy 04/21/2010 1:39 PM Re: Does English have a gerund? zmjezhd 04/21/2010 2:32 PM Re: when is a determiner not an adjective? zmjezhd 03/28/2010 4:12 PM Re: when is a determiner not an adjective? BranShea 03/28/2010 10:36 PM Re: when is a determiner not an adjective? kah454 03/29/2010 2:45 PM Re: when is a determiner not an adjective? BranShea 03/29/2010 4:03 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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