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What is the difference between a gerund and a gerundive?

This is something that I remember having to spend some time on in the run-up to my A Levels! The difference between the two is normally described along these lines: "the gerund is a verbal noun, whilst ...
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Answered by Felix S. • Latin tutor
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What is the genetive case?

The genetive is the case of possession so it is used instead of the word 'von' with objects that are being possessed by a subject. (such as "My mum's flowers": flowers are the object being possesse...
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Answered by Emily B. • German tutor
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Outline one effect of misleading information on eye-witness testimony

One problem with using misleading questions is that the interviewer may end up influences thparticipantsts answer and therefore, they may say yes to something that did or didn't happen and could get someone ...
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How do you know is it ''das'' or ''dass'' ?

That is a very good question, because even many Germans get it wrong and are confused by it. But actually it is quite simple and easy to get right. I'll give you two example sentences : Das Glas, das auf dem...
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Answered by Elsa W. • German tutor
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Briefly explain ethical naturalism

Ethical naturalism is the theory that how things turn out to be can be derived from how the world naturally is. This means that my sense perception is an accurate means of gathering information about what ex...
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Answered by Mia G. • Philosophy tutor
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