GERNUND

[kuku]

hi ,Thank you very much for your reply for
i am so grateful of your teaching .

yeasterday i asked you question about Being + 3rd verb form
adn i got my answers , rest of this sentence i understood ,
but still i have problem in these sentances

1.>He got the worst of it , being hospitalized for four months
and you answered
What I like best is to consider "being hospitalized" a passive gerund, with that whole last phrase explaining what exactly was "the worst of it

1. >>what is Gernund ,

i hope if you explained it , i would definitely understand this .

and please give me soem internet site path to study more about GERNUND

2 .>> how about this sentance
e.g. please check in with reception before being seated
is this example of gernund


Thank you very much
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[Pete]

hi ,Thank you very much for your reply for
i am so grateful of your teaching .

yeasterday i asked you question about Being + 3rd verb form
adn i got my answers , rest of this sentence i understood ,
but still i have problem in these sentances

1.>He got the worst of it , being hospitalized for four months
and you answered
What I like best is to consider "being hospitalized" a passive gerund, with that whole last phrase explaining what exactly was "the worst of it

1. >>what is Gernund ,

i hope if you explained it , i would definitely understand this .

and please give me soem internet site path to study more about GERNUND

2 .>> how about this sentance
e.g. please check in with reception before being seated
is this example of gernund


Thank you very much
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The word is gerund.
It is the "ing" form of a verb which is used as a noun.

In the first quote, I suggested that "being hospitalized" was used as a noun, being the same as "worst of it". Note that another way to interpret that sentence is that "being hospitalized" is a participial phrase, used to modify the subject "He".

In your second sentence, "being" is indeed a gerund. It is the "ing" verb form of "be", and it is used as the object of the preposition "before", so it is being used the way a noun is used.