Example Sentences

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“Gerontology is the study of: A. The elderly B. Gerunds C. Germs D. Rocks and jewels.”

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

Some of the illustrations are in such couplets as the subjoined:— “In di, do, dum, the Gerunds chime and close, Um, the first Supine, u the latter shews.”

From Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters by Hazlitt, W. Carew

Gerunds in di have the same construction as genitive cases, and depend both on certain substantives and adjectives, as Londinensem innatus amor civem urget edendi: An innate love of eating excites the London citizen.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John

The Gerunds of the Verbs in OW, accented on the last save two, suffer an Elision of the O that precedes the W; as Foll'wing, Wall'wing.

From The Art of English Poetry (1708) by Bysshe, Edward

Gerunds, explanation of, 80; confusion with participle, 80; with noun or pronoun modifier, 81; placing of gerund phrase, 81-82.

From Practical Grammar and Composition by Wood, Thomas