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How to pronounce “gerund”
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Pronunciation guide for gerund
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of gerund with real speech in context.
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- 2 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Broadway's Freestyle Love Supreme
So P-O-O-P, and then the I-N-G, the gerund of it all.
- Definition summary
- (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; however, this distinction may be ambiguous or unclear and so is no longer made in some modern texts such as A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language and The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language)
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How to pronounce gerund
Broadway's Freestyle Love Supreme
So P-O-O-P, and then the I-N-G, the gerund of it all.
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A Deep Dive Into “gerund”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (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; however, this distinction may be ambiguous or unclear and so is no longer made in some modern texts such as A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language and The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language)
- (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, adverbial participles, transgressives, etc.
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