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 === gerund phrases ===
 * gerunds
-* -ing forms of verbs that act as a noun
+** = -ing forms of verbs that act as a noun
-* usually the gerund phrase is the subject of a sentence:
+*** "Smoking is bad for you" << "smoking" = gerund (a noun created by the present participle, "smoking")
-** "''Getting up early'' makes for a productive day."
+* gerund phrases are gerunds + additional words that create a phrase
+** usually the gerund phrase is the subject of a sentence:
+*** "''Getting up early'' makes for a productive day."
 *** "getting up early" is the subject (gerund phrase + adverb "early") of the verb "makes"
-** note that when the gerund phrase becomes descriptive, it becomes a participial phrase, or an adjective phrase:
-*** "Running with the ball he scored!" = "running" describes "he", thus it is an adjective
-**** if the present participle cannot be replaced by a distinct noun, then it is an adjective and not a gerund (noun)
-*** whereas, "He scored running with the ball" is technically a gerund phrase as it acts as the object of "scored"
-*** it's easier to see with this gerund phrase:
-**** "The doctor said ''smoking is bad''" = gerund phrase as direct object
 * for more on gerunds see [[https://school4schools.com/wiki/index.php?title=Parts_of_speech#participles_and_gerunds Parts of speech: participles and gerunds]]
 * SAT Writing test generally does not test for gerunds, although they will appear in the text