Gerunds, Verbals & Participial Adjectives
by Jay Dubya 
I've always found the I-N-G words in English grammar rather annoying and
bothersome. Of course Gerunds are I-N-G words that look like verbs but act like
nouns in sentences. For example the sentences "Skating is fun," "My favorite
sport is skating," "I like skating" and "There are many moves in ice skating"
show the Gerund skating as a subject, as a predicate nominative following a
linking verb, as a direct object following an action verb and as an object of
the preposition "in." Gerunds only occasionally give me a hard time as in the
cases of me not wanting to own a lightning rod out of fear of being electrocuted
or me wondering in which direction a newspaper heading is actually heading.
The I-N-G ending (or Present Participle) words that behave like verbs
occasionally give me a hassle. I sometimes speculate that "mowing lawns" could
cut me up pretty good and that "pet grooming" advertised on a sign makes me
think, "I don't want any pet grooming me!"
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