GERUND
Gerund can be used as a subject of a sentence.
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Dancing bored him.
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Reading French is easier than speaking it.
Gerund can be used in short prohibitions.
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No fishing.
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No smoking.
But if there is an object we should use an imperative.
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Don’t touch the wires.
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Don’t feed the lions.
The gerund can come as an object of a verb, the following verbs are used:
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Admit, deny, fancy (imagine), imagine, mean, propose, recollect, remember, suggest, understand.
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Anticipate, appreciate, avoid, consider, defer, delay, detest, dislike, dread, enjoy, escape, excuse, finish,
forgive, involve, keep, loathe, mind, miss, pardon, postpone, practise, prevent, resent, resist, risk, save
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