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Noun phrase, not clause — playing is a verbal noun (also termed deverbal noun) For more details and examples, see -ing: uses. "Gerund" clauses with a specified subject
Historically, grammarians have described a verbal noun or gerundial noun as a verb form that functions as a noun. [1] An example of a verbal noun in English is 'sacking' as in the sentence "The sacking of the city was an epochal event" (wherein sacking is a gerund form of the verb sack ).
In Latin grammar, a gerundive (/ dʒ ə ˈ r ʌ n d ɪ v /) is a verb form that functions as a verbal adjective.. In Classical Latin, the gerundive has the same form as the gerund, but is distinct from the present active participle.
The -ing form of a verb has both noun uses and adjectival (or adverbial) uses. In either case it may function as a non-finite verb (for example, by taking direct objects), or as a pure noun or adjective. When it behaves as a non-finite verb, it is called a gerund in the noun case, and a present participle in the
Proper nouns are a class of words such as December, Canada, Leah, and Johnson that occur within noun phrases (NPs) that are proper names, [2] though not all proper names contain proper nouns (e.g., General Electric is a proper name with no proper noun).
The article claims to cover "gerundial nouns", but to exclude gerunds. All the examples given of "gerundial nouns" are gerunds. Meanwhile, gerunds are again referred to as a different type of word that can also be used as a noun. The linked article on gerunds clearly covers the same sort of "gerundial nouns".
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