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Writing in English is filled with twists and turns. When you create a gerund by adding a few letters or words to a sentence, you can change another word’s part of speech entirely. Learn about gerund ...

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Gerunds, essential parts of the English language, look like verbs but are actually nouns. You’ve likely encountered them in writing without identifying them, because they straddle the division between ...

Drew Schmenner returns with a crossword that may intrigue newer solvers. By Deb Amlen MONDAY PUZZLE — Some newer solvers, I’ve been told, feel a bit apprehensive when they face a blank grid. They fear ...

"Gerund" (pronounced jer-und) essentially refers to turning a verb into a noun. This obscure word makes for a fitting title of a slam poetry group, The Dirty Gerund, where art is derived from using ...