Курсовая работа Тема: Equivalents of gerund are in Russian translation
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| The gerund and the verbal noun
The gerund should not be confused with the verbal noun, which has the same suffix -ing. The main points of difference between the gerund and the verbal noun are as follows. Like all the verbals the gerund has a double character - nominal and verbal. – The verbal noun has only a nominal character. The gerund is not used with an article. – The verbal noun may be used with an article. The making of a new humanity cannot be the privilege of a handful of bureaucrats. – Совершение нового человечества не может быть привилегией пригоршни бюрократов. I want you to give my hair a good brushing. – Я хочу, чтобы ты хорошо причесала мои волосы. The gerund has no plural form. – The verbal noun may be used in the plural. Our likings are regulated by our circumstances. – Наши совпадения во вкусах зависят от обстоятельств. The gerund of a transitive verb takes a direct object. He received more and more letters, so many that he had given up reading them. – Он поучал все больше и больше писем, так много, что он бросил их читать. – A verbal noun cannot take a direct object; it takes a prepositional object with the preposition of. Meanwhile Gwendolyn was rallying her nerves to the reading of the paper. – А тем временем Гвендолен действовала ей на нервы читая бумагу. The gerund may be modified by an adverb. Drinking, even temperately, was a sin. – Даже выпивка по праздникам считается грехом. – The verbal noun may be modified by an adjective. Tom took a good scolding about scolding Sid. – Тома хорошо поругали за то, что он побил камнями Сида. Not having the verbal meanings, the verbal noun doesn’t have the form of tenses and doesn’t express any voice. After the verbal noun the direct object can’t exist. They started the loading of the ship. – Они приступили к погрузке судна. NOTE. – One should notice that the noun is formed not from all verbs due to suffix -ing. The noun can be formed by other methods:
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