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    Double Nature of The Gerund

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    The gerund has both nominal and verbal properties due to its origin and development. As a noun, the gerund can serve as the subject, object, or predicative in a sentence and can be preceded by a preposition or modified by a possessive noun, adjective, or other adjective. However, as a verb it retains properties like taking direct objects and being modified by adverbs.

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    The gerund has both nominal and verbal properties due to its origin and development. As a noun, the gerund can serve as the subject, object, or predicative in a sentence and can be preceded by a preposition or modified by a possessive noun, adjective, or other adjective. However, as a verb it retains properties like taking direct objects and being modified by adverbs.

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    The gerund has both nominal and verbal properties due to its origin and development. As a noun, the gerund can serve as the subject, object, or predicative in a sentence and can be preceded by a preposition or modified by a possessive noun, adjective, or other adjective. However, as a verb it retains properties like taking direct objects and being modified by adverbs.

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    The gerund has both nominal and verbal properties due to its origin and development. As a noun, the gerund can serve as the subject, object, or predicative in a sentence and can be preceded by a preposition or modified by a possessive noun, adjective, or other adjective. However, as a verb it retains properties like taking direct objects and being modified by adverbs.

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    Double nature of the gerund

    As the result of its origin and development, the gerund has nominal and verbal properties. The nominal characteristics of the gerund are as follows: 1. The gerund can perform the function of subject, object and predicative: Smoking endangers your health. (subject) I like making people happy. (object)

    2. The gerund can be preceded by a preposition: I'm tired of arguing.

    3. Like a noun the gerund can be modified by a noun in the possessive case, a possessive adjective, or an adjective: I wonder at John's keeping calm. Is there any objection to my seeing her? Brisk walking relieves stress.

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