the_gneech: (Le Pew)
the_gneech ([personal profile] the_gneech) wrote2008-01-08 09:20 am

[identity profile] rhanlav.livejournal.com 2008-01-08 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
*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

[identity profile] the-gneech.livejournal.com 2008-01-08 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
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

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

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

--Salen

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

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

-TG

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

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

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

-TG