Question

Now in this sentence '' I love skiing'', skiing is a gerund. But we know that gerund can only be used as a noun. How is ''skiing'' noun in this sentence? And how does skiing act as a gerund? (No googling)

Answer 1

Answer:

We usually denote a noun clause or noun phrase or noun by asking the question what to the verb

Here love is the verb

So what do I love

Ans: I love skiing

So skiing is gerund here

and gerund always has ing word at the end and it also has

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