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He likes swimming, dancing and girls.

What is the significance of whether swimming or dancing is classified as a gerund or as a present tense action?



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As a gerund the words swimming and shopping are the subjects of the sentence. As a present tense action they are the object of the sentence.

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As a gerund the words swimming and shopping are the subjects of the sentence. As a present tense action they are the object of the sentence.

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As a gerund the words swimming and shopping are the subjects of the sentence. As a present tense action they are the object of the sentence.

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Correct me if I'm wrong.
Is "He" not the subject of the sentence.
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What is the significance of whether swimming or dancing is classified as a gerund or as a present tense action?
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Here "swimming", "dancing" and "girls" are all nouns.
Also "swimming" and "dancing" are verb words which are used as nouns, therefore gerunds.
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As a gerund the words swimming and shopping are the subjects of the sentence. As a present tense action they are the object of the sentence.

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He likes swimming, dancing and girls.
subject verb gerund, gerund conjunction noun.

I think he is the subject of the sentence. The question is are there 3 objects?
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He likes swimming, dancing and girls.
subject verb gerund, gerund conjunction noun.

I think he is the subject of the sentence. The question is are there 3 objects?
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Please go through the following links for more details.

Subject is the person or thing the sentence is 'about'.
https://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/sen ... m#Subjects

It is not necessary that all the sentences will have an object.
https://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/sen ... htm#Object

https://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/gerundinftext.htm

swimming, dancing are noun gerunds.
https://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/noungerund.htm



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