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The Gerund, a gerundial complex - Coggle Diagram
The Gerund
The Usage of the inf G
showing a succeeding action
Verbs, implying reference to the future
to insist
to object
to suggest
to look forward to
The prep before
Nouns, suggesting futurity such as
plan
intention
hope
prospect
The properties of
the verb (the inf)
the verbal name of the process
the category of voice
the aspective category of retrospective coordination
can be modified by adverbs
can take a direct obj (for direct verbs' gerunds)
the noun
synt func
a subject
a predicative
an object
can be modified by a noun in a possessive case
The grammatical categories
the aspective category of retrospective coordination
The indefinite G if the action is SIMULTANEOUS
The perfect G is the action is PRIOR to that of the finite verb
BUT!
The inf G is used
after prepositions
after
without
on
after verbs
to re
collect
call
member
primand
proach
gret
to accuse, to blame, to punish
to apologize, to forgive, to deny
to forgive, to praise
do not forget about emotional colouring
The Voice
Predicative Constructions with the Gerund
nominal element can be expressed by
a noun in a genitive case
a possessive pronoun
a noun in the common case
a pronoun in obj case
a pronoun which has no case distinctions
somebody, someone
everybody, nobody
this, that, all, both, each
something
a gerundial complex