Questions tagged [deverbal-nouns]
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Can “Targetings” be a plural form of “Targeting” as a noun?
I understand words like "surrounding" can be "surroundings", or "binding" can be "bindings".
But is it appropriate with "targeting" as a noun?
Here is a recent headline - "UN chief calls for probe ...
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“Testing complete” vs “Testing is completed” [migrated]
Consider these two ways of saying something:
Testing complete.
Testing is completed.
This is just an example. I want to understand any differences between the two constructions “ᴠᴇʀʙɪɴɢ ᴀᴅᴊᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ” ...
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Gerund vs Present Participle: “I was thinking about eating the apple.”
A quick question that has popped up from talking with my German pen-pal. In the sentence:
I was thinking about eating the apple.
Is eating there a gerund or a present participle?
If it is just:
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What’s the difference between “the using of this machine” and “using my neighbour’s wifi”?
Please consider these two different sentences*:
I am aware of the using of this machine.
I am accused of using my neighbour’s wifi.
Why do we use the article the before the using in the first ...
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When does a gerund become a verb?
My question is a follow-up to one in which I identified stealing and killing in a particular sentence as gerunds. Bill J commented to the effect that if objects followed these gerunds, the latter ...
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Confused of three deverbal nouns in dictionary
I have learnt something about deverbal nouns before.
a)These readings are quite interesting (Here it means books,refers to something)
b)I did some reading of history books(Here it means the ...
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Is there a form and/or synonym of “spelling” that can be put into an adverb position such as that of “grammatically”?
That is, how would I go about converting the word "spelling" (as in the spelling of a word) to an adverb that actually sounds right in the blank of "_____-inept"?
I'm pretty sure "spellingly" isn't ...
