Baza vs Gerund - What's the difference?
baza | gerund |
(grammar) A verbal form that functions as a verbal noun. (In English, a gerund has the same spelling as a present participle, but functions differently.)
* 1991 , Edward Johnson, The Handbook of Good English ,
* 2002 , Dan Mulvey, Grammar the Easy Way ,
* 2005 , Gary Lutz, Diane Stevenson, The Writer's Digest Grammar Desk Reference ,
(grammar) In some languages such as Italian or Russian, a verbal form similar to a present participle, but functioning as an adverb. These words are sometimes referred to as conjunctive participles.
As nouns the difference between baza and gerund
is that baza is any of three species of small, crested hawks in the genus aviceda while gerund is (grammar) a verbal form that functions as a verbal noun (in english, a gerund has the same spelling as a present participle, but functions differently).baza
English
(wikipedia baza)Synonyms
* crested hawk * cuckoo-hawkDerived terms
* Jerdon's baza, Aviceda jerdoni * Pacific baza, Aviceda subcristata * black baza, Aviceda leuphotes ----gerund
English
(wikipedia gerund)Noun
(en noun)page 208,
- Compounds in which gerunds are the second element look exactly like compounds in which present participles are the second element, but different principles of hyphenation apply.
page 25,
- Like any noun, the gerund' functions as a subject, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, or predicate nominative. The '''gerund''' phrase is made up of the present participle ("-ing") and can contain an object and/or a modifier (and sometimes many modifiers). The ' gerund is a verbal noun.
page 55,
- Gerunds' and '''gerund''' phrases are always nouns, so they are always predicate nominatives when used as complements. Do be careful to distinguish progressive-tense verbs from ' gerunds used as subjective complements.