<p>Which one of these sentence is correct? explanation please.</p>
<p>1) Giving gifts was great?
2) Giving gifts were great?</p>
<p>Please provide more example sentences that have subjects that are gerunds(verbs).</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>first is correct
second is wrong</p>
<p>because [giving] is/was great, NOT gifts!</p>
<p>Suleyman’s correct.</p>
<p>Another example: Beating nuns is against the law.</p>
<p>Nuns are perfectly legal; it’s beating them that’s forbidden. Therefore, beating IS against the law.</p>
<p>I think you’re getting confused by the fact that while gerunds are used as nouns, they retain some properties of verbs. Specifically, they may take objects. In your example, “gifts” is the direct object of the gerund “giving,” but “giving” is the subject of the main verb, “is.” (WHAT is great? Giving is great.) In my example, “nuns” is the direct object of the gerund “beating,” but "beating is the subject of the main verb, “is.” (WHAT is against the law? Beating is against the law.)</p>
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Yes, I am always correct!</p>
<p>Stop it, Suleyman. I’m trying to be nice to you.</p>
<p>You are using the verb “give” as a gerund, which functions as a singular noun.</p>
<p>The subject of your sentence is “giving,” therefore Giving (gifts) was great.</p>
<p>Eating is fun.
Reading is great. Reading books is even better.
Looking directly at the sun is not good for your eyes.
Playing basketball with my friends is very boring.</p>
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Either do I.</p>
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That statement was correct. Have you heard of contractions, Suleyman?</p>
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If you’re responding to Sikorsky, your statement doesn’t make sense.</p>