we enjoy eating chocolates. is it a gerund or participle
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If you change the sentence to "Everybody likes eating the food" then "eating the food" is a gerund phrase and is the direct object. A gerund always ends in -ing and is used as a noun. Eating is fun. Eating is the object of the verb likes
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"Eating" is the direct object in the sentence. It is a gerund. If you change the sentence to "We enjoy eating chocolates." is it a gerund or participle then "eating the food" is a gerund phrase and is the direct object.
A gerund always ends in -ing and is used as a noun. Eating is fun.
Explanation:
A gerund always ends in -ing and is used as a noun. Eating is fun.
The gerund can be a subject (Eating is fun.); a direct object (I like eating.); a predicate nominative (A fun time is eating.); an appositive (A fun time, eating, takes much time.); an indirect object (I give eating too much time.); or an object of a preposition (I give much time to eating.)