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What is a gerund?

What is a gerund? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (grammar) A verbal form that functions as a verbal noun. (In English, a gerund has the same spelling as a present participle, but functions differently.)
  2. (grammar) In some languages such as Dutch, Italian or Russian, a verbal form similar to a present participle, but functioning as an adverb to form adverbial phrases or continuous tense. These constructions have various names besides gerund, depending on the language, such as conjunctive participles, active participles, et cetera.
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The gerund is like the participle in form, and like a noun in use.
Procedure topic headings are typically gerund phrases, and the actual procedure headings take an infinitive.
If this be right, we may consider the auxiliary verb gan, or its equivalent, as being understood before the expressed gerund.
Well, if you have, how are you going to spot the gerund and the gerundive?
The infinitive, or its noun, is used for the gerund, or a gerundial phrase in English.
He writes Omneis at length, and quicquid, and his gerund is most inconformable.

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