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It's no use crying over spilt milk.It would be worth giving it a try.There's no point in arguing.
As a gerund clause serves as a noun, it can be used after prepositions:
verb (+ preposition) + gerund
The doer of the action expressed by the gerund can be:
Finite verb forms are marked by inflection and indicate person, number and tense. A finite verb can be the single main verb in a sentence.
For example, the finite forms of the verb go are:
Since the simple gerund and the present participle have the same form (verb-ing), sometimes it can be difficult to decide whether an -ing form is a gerund or a present participle.
It may be worth remembering that a gerund always functions as a noun:
The gerund is an -ing form. It can be simple or perfect, active or passive:
A gerund clause can be a subject complement after be:
What I really like is travelling to other countries. Seeing is believing.
A gerund clause can be the subject of a sentence:
A gerund clause can be the object of a verb:
I really enjoy swimming in the sea. Jill suggested going for a drink. The car managed to avoid hitting any other vehicles.
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