Paul Simon - I know what I know
One of great songs from Graceland, this is a part of the concert in Africa in 1987. With lyrics!
A gerund phrase
Gerund phrases begin with a gerund, an ing-word and may include other modifies and/or objects. A gerund phrase always functions as a noun and may act as: a subject, a subject complement, an object (direct and indirect), an object of a preposition or appositive.
A gerund phrase looks exactly as a present participle phrase, but the two phrases play different roles in a sentence. A gerund will behave as a noun whereas a present participle as an adjective.
I like reading a good book. A gerund phrase, I like what? - reading, a noun - is a direct object of liking, and a book is an indirect object.
Reading a book, Peter forgot about the chicken in the oven. In this sentence a phrase 'reading a book' modifies Peter and therefore acts as an adjective.
Reading a good book is the best pastime in the winter. Here the same phrase functions as a noun, the subject of a sentence.
He had only one desire, leaving for home. A gerund phrase acts here as an appositive (renaming the desire).
His des…
A gerund phrase looks exactly as a present participle phrase, but the two phrases play different roles in a sentence. A gerund will behave as a noun whereas a present participle as an adjective.
I like reading a good book. A gerund phrase, I like what? - reading, a noun - is a direct object of liking, and a book is an indirect object.
Reading a book, Peter forgot about the chicken in the oven. In this sentence a phrase 'reading a book' modifies Peter and therefore acts as an adjective.
Reading a good book is the best pastime in the winter. Here the same phrase functions as a noun, the subject of a sentence.
He had only one desire, leaving for home. A gerund phrase acts here as an appositive (renaming the desire).
His des…
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