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Salvadoran, I guess. Ephemeral is beautiful word. I'm this guy: Saviourofthe
Adding Spanish related terms here 'cause I don't like Spanish Wikcionario design. Also find me on RateYourMusic!
Although I created this account in 2017, I've been actively editing since December 2023.
If you have doubts about any entry I've added you can contact me and I'll provide evidence of its usage! :)
Why don't I use this blatant impulse to fill the gaps in the internet, i.e. adding all music releases to artists, cover arts, learning about every genre, making a database, or add missing terms to Wiktionary, to study harder and fill up the gaps in my own knowledge instead? Why shouldn't I use this insatiable completeness hyperfixation to hone my own abilities?
Any of various non-finite verb forms in various languages. In English, a "gerund" refers to a verb in its -ing form when used in a way that resembles the use of a noun. Despite showing noun-like behavior in the context of the surrounding sentence, gerunds show verbal behavior in the context of their own internal clause: they can take direct objects or be modified by adverbs. In this way, gerunds are distinguished from deverbal nouns ending in -ing, which occur in noun phrases that can take determiners or be modified by adjectives. For example, "manufacturing" is a gerund in the following sentence: "Efficiently manufacturing this device is difficult." It is a verbal noun (not a gerund) in this sentence: "The efficient manufacturing of this device is difficult." In other languages, gerund can refer to a form that often functions as an adverb to form adverbial phrases or the continuous tense.
When a participle functions as a noun, it is called a gerund. A participle may also function as an adjective (that is, a participial adjective), especially in attributive use. It can evolve to become either a true noun or a true adjective, or both, with a shift in meaning, sometimes substantial.
Part-of-Speech Tagging Guidelines: NN or VBG; JJ or VBG; JJ or VBN
how to quote: RQ:Chaucer Workes
Some obsolete typographic English variations:
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Certain prepositional structures that end with "to" are followed by the gerund (-ing) rather than the infinitive. e.g., verb(any conj) + to + verb(inf); but if there's something between the first verb and "to" then it might be "-ing": I'm committed to finding her again (here the verb1 is "am" (to be), as "committed" cannot be replaced by a different conjugation: She is commits to finding?). e.g.: commited to, devoted to, confessed to, look forward to, confess to, admit to, devote oneself to, commit oneself to, be used to. In summary, "-ing" if it can be replaced by a noun as it is a gerund; infinitive if not.
Check some niche terms I've collected (or maybe not).