<p>Hello All,</p>
<p>As a non-English speaker, I'm wondering if I should modify a gerund with an adjective or an adverb. Or are there different circumstances?</p>
<p>Thanks for your kind responses!</p>
<p>With an adjective, because a gerund functions as a noun.</p>
<p>Example: “We gave the house a good cleaning.” Not, “We gave the house a well cleaning.”</p>
<p>Gerund= word ending in “-ing” (ex: swimming, running, eating…); gerund often describes actions in the present.</p>
<p>There are situations where the (gerund + adverb) functions as the noun. Consider:</p>
<p>Reading quietly while others are snoring loudly makes me sleepy.</p>
<p>He watched the detective glancing obliquely at the screen.</p>
<p>Fogcity, good point. I stand partially corrected.</p>
<p>Courts, verb + ing could ne a gerund, but it could ne a present participle.</p>
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