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Pagina 80
... Gerunds A gerund may be described as a noun retaining the syntactical character- istics of a verb . It is essentially a hybrid part of speech , sharing functions with the prepositional infinitive and with the present participle , from ...
... Gerunds A gerund may be described as a noun retaining the syntactical character- istics of a verb . It is essentially a hybrid part of speech , sharing functions with the prepositional infinitive and with the present participle , from ...
Pagina 81
... Gerunds were frequently put by the Elizabethans in the active voice , where meaning in modern English demands the passive . Of is not now called for after a gerund , unless the latter is preceded by the definite article . 3. Participles ...
... Gerunds were frequently put by the Elizabethans in the active voice , where meaning in modern English demands the passive . Of is not now called for after a gerund , unless the latter is preceded by the definite article . 3. Participles ...
Pagina 203
... gerund , would be seen in modern contexts as verbal in function , demanding the adverb newly . The Elizabethans saw the gerund as serving many ends , and did not favour the cumber- some modern phrasing ' by the new unfolding of ' . The ...
... gerund , would be seen in modern contexts as verbal in function , demanding the adverb newly . The Elizabethans saw the gerund as serving many ends , and did not favour the cumber- some modern phrasing ' by the new unfolding of ' . The ...
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