Gerunds are verbs that end in ~ing and work as a noun in a sentence. They are found in places where we usually use a noun:

  • Working in healthcare is a challenging.
  • Isolating that patient may be impossible.
  • We were talking about increasing your salary.
  • Please continue counting your tablets by fives.

We can make negative gerunds by using not + gerund.

  • Not having medical credentials is a problem if you want to get a good health care job.
  • Have you ever considered not working at that hospital?

There are four ways English uses gerunds in practice:

Subjects


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