{"id":5167,"date":"2023-03-24T23:14:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T23:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newed.any0.dpdns.org\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=5167"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:30:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:30:01","slug":"what-is-a-gerund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newed.any0.dpdns.org\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/what-is-a-gerund","title":{"rendered":"Understanding gerunds and how to use them"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Gerunds, essential parts of the English language, look like verbs but are actually nouns. You\u2019ve likely encountered them in writing without identifying them, because they straddle the division between two of the most basic grammatical elements of the English language. 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