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Here we are providing you all a brief about "Gerund Rules". Hope you all like the post!!
Gerund looks exactly the same as a present participle, and for this reason it is now common to call both forms 'the ing form'. However it is useful to understand the difference between the two. The gerund always has the same
function as a noun (although it looks like a verb), so it can be used:
Rule1 : As the subject of the sentence:
Rule 3: After prepositions. The gerund must be used when a verb comes after a preposition:
Note : This is also true of certain expressions ending in a preposition, e.g. in spite of, there's no point in..:
Rule4: After a number of 'phrasal verbs' which are composed of a verb + preposition/adverb
Example: to look forward to, to give up, to be for/against, to take to, to put off, to keep on:
I look forward to hearing from you soon. (at the end of a letter)
When are you going to give up smoking?
She always puts off going to the dentist.
He kept on asking for money.
NOTE: There are some phrasal verbs and other expressions that include the word 'to' as a preposition, not as part
of a to-infinitive: - to look forward to, to take to, to be accustomed to, to be used to. It is important to recognise that
'to' is a preposition in these cases, as it must be followed by a gerund:
Note : It is possible to check whether 'to is a preposition or part of a to-infinitive: if you can put a noun or the
pronoun 'it' after it, then it is a preposition and must be followed by a gerund: