Definition of "gerunds" [gerunds]

• Plural form of gerund. (noun)

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• "Yeah, yeah, she said, it’s appearing in a finite verb form all right, but the thing is, in English gerunds and progressive participles sound the same!"
• "As Swan (2005) notes: “The distinction between ‘participles’ and ‘gerunds’ is not always clear-cut, and it can sometimes be difficut to decide which term to use” (p. 270)."
• "Consider these examples (from the British National Corpus) and you tell me which are gerunds and which are participles:"