An example of a gerund used as a direct object is "She enjoys swimming." In this sentence, "swimming" is a gerund that acts as the direct object of the verb "enjoys."
The gerund 'swimming' is the DIRECT OBJECT of the sentence.
The gerund 'swimming' is the DIRECT OBJECT of the sentence.
I'm not sure what you are asking here, so if I'm off, I'm sorry. The direct object of that sentence would be -swimming-.
The gerund swimming is used as a noun, as a subject or the object of a sentence or the object of a preposition. Swimming is my favorite class. I really do like swimming. I'm running late for swimming.
Yes. For example 'I sat in the cathedral during the choir's singing of the anthem.'
It is an inanimate object, and cannot join the workforce.
The underlined gerund "swimming" in the sentence "She enjoys swimming in the pool" functions as the object of the preposition "in".
Macroscopic
to finish the race before everyone else and get the gold
Because they looked down on blacks and classifeid them as inferior. To them, swimming with blacks was no different than swimming with an animal.
It functions as a direct object.