Mocking Poor Grammar
Since 2007
A noun that is formed from a verb and which describes an action. In English it ends in -ing, eg 'the baking of bread' and 'Smoking damages your health'.
Seen on the ever brilliant Failblog.
My finding of this picture (yep, that was a gerund correctly preceded by the genitive pronoun, thanks for noticing)… my finding of this picture coincided with the resurgence in popularity of our original post dedicated to Think Before you Ink those whose eagerness to get a tattoo outweighs their attention to detail.
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