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Keywords: Noun, Verb, Gerp, Participial, Adverbial

Related Terms: Adjective, Adverb, Adverbial, Apposition, Appositive, Auxiliary, Case, Clause, Complement, Conjugation, Copula, Declension, -En, Gerund, Infinitive, Inflection, Nominal, Participle, Particle, Postposition, Preposition, Pronoun, Split Infinitive, Substantive, Un-, Verbal, Reflexive Pronoun, Adjective Phrase, Nominalization, Subject Complement, Finite Verb, Past Participle, Noun Phrase, Prepositional Phrase, Verb Phrase, Linking Verb, Participial Phrase, Parts Of Speech, Noun Clause, Part Of Speech, Phrasal Verb, Predicate Noun, Conjunctive Adverb, Verb Phrase, Present Participle, Auxiliary Verb, Irregular Verb, Passive Verb, Prepositional Phrase, Proper Adjective

GerP one of the noun forms of a verb phrase viewed as a degeneration of an adverbial clause, ¶7-6-5. Cf. participial phrase, infinitive phrase.

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a noun phrase made up of a gerund plus any complement

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a participle, its object, and any modifiers that together act as a noun

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a type of verb phrase that begins with a verb in its -ing form (e

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a phrase beginning with a gerund. e.g. Making a profit is what all companies try to do

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