I am late to this party but would not accept Chris suggested spelling
correction. It seems to me that the original discussion had very little
connection with what is generally understood to be a dessert!
OTOH can I propose that we let it pass. Get over it. Or gerunder it, as
you prefer.
Piers
On 17 Feb 2014 06:31, "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Groan!
>
> I watched a film a few days ago in which a large part of the humour in one
> scene was based on the gerund.
>
> I was quite amused last night to see Stephen Fry correcting the grammar in
> some of the recipients' speeches at the BAFTAs. I don't have a great deal
> of time for this chap, but that was quite gratifying to someone like me :-)
>
> Chris
>
> On 17 Feb 14, at 00:50, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Oh, it's all your fault, Chris. You call someone on an error, and the
> next thing you know we start gerunding humor right and left. I'll parse it
> out for you, if you like, but not if the subject makes you tense. I
> wouldn't like to become an object of derision. Especially since I've
> already verbed gerund. Oh, wait. Isn't a gerund something that's been
> verbed? <wink>
>
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