Saturday, May 11, 2013

Gerund(ing)

So meta, that title. Sorry.

I've been thinking about gerunds ever since I noticed that one of my mentors says "breathing" instead of "breath," activating (sorry again) the noun. It makes me wonder: are we eliding an important part of certain nouns' nuances by cutting off their -ing (or refusing to add it)?

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