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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 Share Post on Reddit 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,383 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,208 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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