The difference and usage of gerunds and present participles

Different habits and different usages. The gerund is equivalent to a noun, which can be used as subject, object, predicate, and attributive in a sentence; the present participle can be used as object complement, slogan, attributive, and adverbial. When the gerund is the subject, it can be placed directly at the beginning of the sentence, or it can be used as the formal subject instead of the gerund as the subject.

The difference in usage between gerunds and present participles

Gerunds are used as predicates to describe the content of the subject or the name of the action. At this time, the subject and predicate can exchange places.

Gerunds serve as attributives, indicating their use and nature.

The present participle is used as a predicate to describe the characteristics of the subject. Subject and predicate cannot interchange places.

There is a subject-predicate relationship between the present participle as an attributive and the noun it modifies, emphasizing the progress of the action.

Now participles can express time, conditions, reasons, methods, accompanying, etc. What do gerunds and present participles mean?

Gerunds refer to a type of verb ing form, a non-finite verb (that is, a non-predicate verb) that has the characteristics of both verbs and nouns. It can dominate the object and can also be modified by adverbs. The gerund has tense and voice changes. Gerunds have the nature of nouns, so they can serve as subjects, predicates, objects, and attributives in sentences, but they cannot serve as adverbials.

The present participle is a type of participle, and participles are divided into present participles and past participles, both of which are non-finite verbs. Present participles cannot serve as predicates in sentences, but can serve as other components (attributive, predicate, object complement, adverbial), and they have the properties of verbs (can have their own objects and adverbials), so they are also verb-like kind of.