Phrases

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Phrases

• Gerunds

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Gerunds

• Verbal phrases (words that are usually verbs)
  acting as NOUNS
• Can be subject, object of a preposition, direct
  object, indirect object, or predicate nominative

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Gerunds

• Always end in ing
• Can NOT be taken out of the sentence and still
  have the sentence make sense.
• Ex Tim Berners-Lee is known for inventing the
  World Wide Web.
• Object of the prep (for)

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BE CAREFUL!

• Participial phrases also end in ING
• You must try to take it out to see which type of
  phrase it is
• When the gerund is the object of the prep, you do
  not take out the prep
• Ex The driver got out of the ticket by crying
  violently.
• Do not take out by, so its not a complete
  sentence without the phrase gerund!