Anyone for Gerunding?

Authors :: Moore, C.J.
Source :: Verbatim: The Language Quarterly; Winter2006, Vol. 31 Issue 4, p29-30, 2p
Publication Year :: 2006
Abstract: The article discusses how to from gerunds or verbal nouns. Examples of gerunds include smoking, footing, bronzing, shampooing, pressing, lifting, mobbing and standing. Standing is a quality which British English associates with people or institutions, but certainly with houses or kitchens. Grammatically, the gerund is a verbal noun, therefore its root should be a verb, as in walking or eating.