Gerund in a sentence as a noun

A "gerund" is a noun that has "ing" added to it and is used as a verb.

A gerund is just a form of verb, it doesn't prevent it from also being a verb.

Second, it is not commonly said in gerund form.

Been a while, but I was taught that the gerund in Latin implied worthiness.

Using a gerund makes it easier, but then you're not dealing with the plain "get" anymore.

Points for effort, but doesn't that automatically become a gerund since it's the object of a preposition?

> unless the server intends to complete the operation A gerund; it intends to, without any guarantee of recency, to perform the operation.

Traditional grammar has gifted us with a rich vocabulary of specialized terms for specialized syntactic functions, and the traditional term for a verb form which functions as a noun is "gerund".

Gerund definitions

noun

a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun)