(1) U251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510Otheringu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb, a favourite gerund in current academic-literary discussion, has yet to enter the dictionaries, but it shouldn't have long to wait.

(2) First, a noun form of the verb, i.e. gerund or agentive noun, is combined with some other word to make a compound word.

(3) The writer describes one press conference: u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510During this 35-minute briefing the Secretary will use u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510killu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb nine times in various tenses and gerunds .u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb

(4) I once learned that you should put possessives before gerunds ; that u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510ruleu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb is sometimes awkward and pointless, but maybe it has something going for it here.

(5) He also advises that one should use the active instead of the passive voice and gerunds instead of noun constructions.