Brevity by Dan Thompson for February 08, 2017

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 8 years ago

    He ‘s not hogging the gerunds, he’s bearing them.

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    jreckard  almost 8 years ago

    The gerund-hog goes into a bar, and the bartender says, “What are you, drinking?”

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 8 years ago

    Are those examples a good fitting? I’m sure you will give me a talking to about it.

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    whiteheron  almost 8 years ago

    Stretching, reaching, gerunding.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 8 years ago

    “Nouning” as in nouning verbs.

    Verbing nouns has been the rage for 20 or 30 years….

    let’s try turning it around….

    Maybe get Psy to do a catchy video: “Gerund Style.”

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    Cerabooge  almost 8 years ago

    Gerunds are easily identified by the “ing” ending.

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    Peam Premium Member almost 8 years ago

    Behind every gerund-hog is the not-to-be-forgotten gerundive-sow.

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    shipl14  almost 8 years ago

    He’s just going through a phrase.

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