What is a gerund phrase? Can you give me a sentence example?

Answer 1

"Editing this article is very easy."

Within the clause "Editing this article," the word "Editing" behaves as a verb; in particular the phrase "this article" is the object of that verb. But the whole clause "Editing this article" acts as a noun within the sentence as a whole; it is the subject of the verb "is".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerund


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See how, if you replace it with another noun will still make sense? Like: Money will not...

It's different from a participle phrase in how it's used. A gerund is used as a noun; a participle used as an adjective.

Answer 2

A gerund phrase will begin with a gerund, an -ing word, and might include other modifiers and/or objects. Gerund phrases always function as nouns, so they will be subjects, subject complements, or objects in the sentence.

Example: My dog's most annoying habit is hogging the middle of the bed.
"hogging the middle of the bed" is the gerund phrase.

Example: Jamming too much clothing into a washing machine will end up in a diseaster.
"jamming too much clothing into a washing maching" is the gerund phrase.