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A ɢᴇʀᴜɴᴅ-ᴘʜʀᴀꜱᴇ is a non-finite verb clause headed by an -ɪɴɢ verb when that entire clause is being used as a substantive, typically by being the grammatical subject or object. Though one of the 4 possible types of ɴᴏᴜɴ ᴘʜʀᴀꜱᴇꜱ, its ɢᴇʀᴜɴᴅ syntactic head is still a verb, not a noun.
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What is the grammatical term for a noun after a gerund/infinitive
For instance, there are the sentences "Reading books is good" and "To be a hero is your duty."
Could I say that books and "hero" are objects of the verbs reading and To be, and that together( verb an …
