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Jan. 8th, 2008 09:20 am
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Date: 2008-01-08 03:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rhanlav.livejournal.com
*snickers* I'd find this funnier if I could remember what a Gerund was, or what it does, but I'm not that big of an English Geek.

--Salen

Date: 2008-01-08 03:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-gneech.livejournal.com
Quick answer: a noun made by the present participle of a verb -- i.e., the -ing version.

"Running" is a gerund.

Verbing weirds the language. ;)

-The Gneech

Date: 2008-01-08 03:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] exatron.livejournal.com
If that's a gerund, do I want to know what conjugating looks like?

Date: 2008-01-08 03:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rhanlav.livejournal.com
Bow chicki wah wah!

--Salen

Date: 2008-01-08 03:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] athelind.livejournal.com
...that was kind of a Greg and Brigid moment, wasn't it?

Date: 2008-01-08 04:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-gneech.livejournal.com
They'd certainly be able to relate, yup!

-TG

Date: 2008-01-08 04:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] electronin.livejournal.com
You is understood!

Date: 2008-01-08 05:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rikoshi.livejournal.com
As a total lingua-geek, this has brought a smile to my face this morning.

Date: 2008-01-08 06:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-gneech.livejournal.com
Pleased to be of service. :)

-TG
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