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- Devon Balwit
- January 26, 2016
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Students in our English classes often get very confused by the use of “being” and “having” as gerunds.
They know that adding –ing to a verb changes it into a gerund.
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They also know that a gerund acts like a noun and can be a subject, object, or complement of a sentence.
Example: Studying English
- Studying English is important. [studying English = subject]
- I like studying English. [studying English = object]
- I think a lot about studying English. [studying English = object of preposition]
- My favorite thing to do is studying English.[studying English = complement]
However, when we use the gerund “being” plus an adjective, a preposition, or a noun, we are talking about that experience or condition.
What does it mean to say: “Being shy makes life difficult” or “I hate being shy”?
In the above case, the experience or condition of being shy makes life difficult.
I hate the
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