<Dd> Speaking is not always wise . </Dd> <Dd> We enjoy playing football . </Dd> <P> Again there are grammatical restrictions on the occurrence of such phrases . In English the - ing form that serves as the gerund also serves as a present participle, which is used adjectivally or adverbally rather than as a noun . For details see gerund and participle . </P> <P> However there are other types of verbal noun that, while being derived from verbs, behave grammatically entirely as nouns, not as verbs . For example, they do not take direct objects as verbs can, and they are modified by adjectives rather than adverbs . They may also be used as count nouns and pluralized . Some authors call these deverbal nouns rather than verbal nouns . In English such nouns can be formed from verbs with the suffix - ing, that is, they take the same form as the gerund . Examples of such uses are given below: </P>

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