Apa sih gerund itu??
Gerund adalah bentuk kata kerja (Ving) yang berfungsi sebagai kata benda (noun).
Gerund sendiri mempunyai fungsi antara lain:
1. Sebagai subject
ex: Eating is his hobby
2. Sebagai object
ex: I like reading
3. Kata benda yg mengikuti preposition
ex: She is good at writing speech
preposition: in, at, or, of, for, by, without, after, before, etc.
4. Kata benda yang mengikuti propositional object
ex: I am used to smoking
prepositional object: to be used to, to be accustomed to, object to, look forward to, to take to, confess to, etc.
5. Possesive pronoun + gerund
ex: I don't mind his smoking here
6. Membentuk frase kata benda
ex: walking stick (tongkat untuk berjalan)
7. Kata kerja tertentu + gerund
ex: He enjoys swimming
Kata kerja tertentu: enjoy,avoid, admit, appreciate, anticipate, continue, deny, detest,delay, excuse, finish, forgive, fancy, keep, mind, postpone, prevent, risk, resist, etc.
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