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Make "English Grammar" Better to Understand: De-Verbization - V-ing Gerunds (Part 2)
Only one verb can appear in a single sentence in English. Other words with action meanings must be "de-verbized" to make them no longer verbs. The de-verbized words will become the following four types :
(gerund V-ing) (infinitive to + original V) (present participle V-ing) (past participle V-en)
This article will introduce the situation where it becomes (gerund V-ing) after de-verbization:
Case A] The object of the following verbs will often be a gerund
enjoy, mind, practice, finish, avoid, admit,
deny, imagine, consider, risk, appreciate, anticipate,
suggest/recommend, keep/go on, discuss, miss, quit, postpone
- She enjoys being with him . He likes being with him.
- Would you mind answering the door for me ?
- practiced swimming again and again before the contest.
- Your sister already finished doing her homework .
- We all should avoid being rude to others .
- The suspect did not admit killing the victim .
- They did not deny going steady with each other.
- I cannot imagine living like that .
- Will you consider joining this game ?
- The surgery will risk losing her child .
- We appreciated being invited to this meeting.
- My company anticipates cooperating with your company in the near future.
- The PM strongly suggested cancelling this business plan .
- I will keep/go on reading this novel.
- They want to discuss running a business with us .
- He misses being single .
- You should quit smoking for your health.
- The government will postpone passing the new law due to the pandemic.
Case B] The verbs go and come mean to do something/activity, the object of which will often be a gerund
go for .. activities
come move.. do something
- Let's go hiking this weekend.
- I seldom go shopping recently. I rarely go shopping recently.
- The kid came running with smile.
Case C] The object of these verb phrases will often be a gerund
give up to give up, feel like want/feel like, end up to become, devote to devote to
insist on insist, embark on start/engage, look forward to expect, can't help
- Do not give up chasing your dream .
- I feel like eating out tonight.
- He will end up begging on the street.
- These scientists devoted to studying this field of unknown.
- They still insisted on hitting the road in nasty weather.
- We embarked on addressing this issue last week.
- I look forward to receiving your reply. I look forward to receiving your reply.
- She always cannot help spending all her salary once she has it.
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