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Old 10-11-2005, 02:02 PM
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Re: [RPG]: a/state, reviewed by Dan Davenport (4/4)

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Originally Posted by Fifth Element
I'm sorry, but I've been searching some online resources, and none mention that a gerund can be formed in English with anything other than -ing. That definition you provided implies that English gerunds are formed by adding -ing, which appears to be the case.
Dictionary.com and WordWeb.com both have that definition. And the definition uses "-ing" only as an example -- otherwise, it wouldn't say "such as".
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