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Old September 14, 2008, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by María José
Spanish grammar is not my forte so I'll let somebody else explain that to you.
No, it was good, thanks!

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Originally Posted by Rusty
There is no gerund in these sentences. A gerund is a verbal that ends in -ing, but functions as a noun.
Oh. I didn't really know what a gerund was, so I just gave it a shot. Thanks for clearing it up. And thank you for the examples as well. I guess it requires a re-reading and some practice.

And about (in)transitive verbs. I'm fully aware of how they work, I was mentioning them because I couldn't find any other difference between the two sentences, so I just tried to come up with a "rule," and that was, that the present participle could only work as a transitive verb. But now I see, that the explanation was completely different. So thanks (once again )
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