The Gerund – Part I
WHEN TO USE IT:
*AS THE SUBJECT: Swimming is a good exercise.
*AFTER PREPOSITION: We were thinking of buying a new apartment.
*CAN BE PRECEDED BY THE POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE: I mind your smoking here.
*AFTER CERTAIN VERBS (enjoy, appreciate, mind, quit, stop, avoid etc): We avoid talking to her.
*AFTER CERTAIN EXPRESSIONS (can’t help, can’t stand, be worth, it’s no use, it’s no good, it’s useless, there’s no etc): It’s useless talking to him about it.
*PASSIVE INFINITIVE: The kid needs punishing (to be punished).
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