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Oh no, I had it starting in the 7th grade. But I took an entire class devoted to it when I was working on my English degree.
OOh, ooo, I know what a gerund is! Its a non-finite verb like: I was walking down the street. Walking isn't past or future, its happening perpetually.
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"School is shortened, discipline relaxed, philosophies, histories, languages dropped, English and spelling gradually gradually neglected, finally almost completely ignored. Life is immediate, the job counts, pleasure lies all about after work. Why learn anything save pressing buttons, pulling switches, fitting nuts and bolts?" Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451 p 55-56
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