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Common Error in Gerund

                      Use of Gerund

(1) When an action is being considered in general sense, gerund is used as subject.
     
     Examples :- Swimming is his favourite pastime.
                        Walking is a good exercise.
(2) Gerund is used as subject in short prohibitions.

     Examples :- Smoking is prohibited.
(3) Verbs such as help, stop, detest, avoid, finish, dread, mind, prevent, dislike, risk, deny,
      recollect, no use, no good, resent, delay, postpone, defer, enjoy, forgive, pardon, excuse,
      suggest etc. are followed by the gerund.

      Examples :- It is no use saying.
                         It is no good repenting.
                         I avoid calling out loudly.
(4) A gerund is placed after a preposition.

      Examples :- He is fond of riding.
                        She tired of walking.
But the prepositions 'except' and 'but' are followed by an infinitive.
(5) A gerund, showing physical activity, is put after 'come' or 'go'.

     Examples :- He is to go shooting.
                        Come fishing with us.
(6) Nouns, followed by a gerund, are put in the possessive case.

     Examples :- He hates his brother's drinking everyday.
                        She dislikes her child's playing all the time.
(7) If there is a sense of dislike, hesitation, risk etc. in a sentence, use gerund.
    
       Examples :- I dislike reading cheap novels.
                          She hesitates singing in the company of her friends.
(8)  Adjective before gerund  are put in the possessive case.

       Examples :- I do not mind your going away.
                          What is the good of his trying to do that.
(9) 'with a view to ' is always followed by a gerund and not an adjective.

       Examples :- We go to school with a view to studying.

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