I think that you were referring to an adverbial clause (at the
beginning of your sentence). A gerund is merely the part of a verb
that is used as a noun. E.g. 'He left the running of the business to
his secretary.' In this sentence 'running' is a verb but it is
being used as a noun. Now, what about the gerundive?
OM content. I seem to have lost a lens hood for the 50mm. Have I
lent it to anyone? ;-)
Chris
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On 7 Jun 2005, at 21:19, Piers Hemy wrote:
> Having studied other languages that way, I think I can spot a
> gerund at the
> beginning of a sentence. But I am not sure that I could distinguish
> one from
> a participle (they come in twelves, don't they?) ;-)
>
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