Oh, dear. It had to happen sooner or later: a direct clash with Chronicle editorial authority over a point of 19th-century prescriptive grammar. My Our esteemed editor, Heidi Landecker, who has saved ...

A gerund is a verbal form that looks like a participle but functions as a noun. For example: "Drinking gin on an empty stomach is really stupid." Ordinarily, gerunds are as tame as gerbils, but when ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Use of a possessive gerund or a plain participle often a matter of emphasis.

A few weeks ago, I mentioned here a CNN article “about the president making an unannounced stop.” Two readers emailed with the same question. Here’s Bill in Niskayuna, N.Y.: “I was taught that a noun ...

"I can't object to your whistling," said my sister, "as long as you don't complain of me humming." Today's topic, you will have correctly surmised, is the Gerundicus Strabismicus, popularly known as ...