[Grammar] Confused in noun and gerund

[jojocom931]

Hi all,
What is the difference in use between noun and gerund(V+ing)?
Is either of them interchangable? I've been confused for a long time.

for example:
1. please help to speed up the preparation of the hardware.
2. please help to speed up preparing the hardware.
3. You can start your testing on these machines.
4. You can start your test on these machines.
5. The machines have been sent out for inspection.
6. The machines have been sent out for inspecting.

If any of above sentences is incorrect, please correct it.
Thanks all.
JoJo

 

[probus]

5 and 6 share a grammatical error unrelated to your question. You must say either "the machine has" or "the machines have." "The machine have" is grammatically incorrect. Apart from that, your pairs of statements are correct and equivalent in meaning. I can find nothing to choose between the noun and the gerund construction.

 

[emsr2d2]

"Preparating" does not exist (#2). It's "preparing".

 

[Yiagos]

Can I ask here?

In cases 1, 3, 4, 5 are nouns and 2 & 6 are gerunds?

 

[MikeNewYork]

Hi all,
What is the difference in use between noun and gerund(V+ing)?
Is either of them interchangable? I've been confused for a long time.

for example:
1. please help to speed up the preparation of the hardware.
2. please help to speed up preparating the hardware.
3. You can start your testing on these machines.
4. You can start your test on these machines.
5. The machine have been sent out for inspection.
6. The machine have been sent out for inspecting.

If any of above sentences is incorrect, please correct it.
Thanks all.
JoJo

A gerund is a verbal (-ing form) acting as a noun.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Re: Can I ask here?

In cases 1, 3, 4, 5 are nouns and 2 & 6 are gerunds?

When corrected, the second is a gerund. The third and sixth are also gerunds

 

[bhaisahab]

Re: Can I ask here?

I don't find 2 and 6 natural. (even with the corrections suggested by emsr2d2 and probus).

 

[probus]

Re: Can I ask here?

I don't find 2 and 6 natural. (even with the corrections suggested by emsr2d2 and probus).

6 should be "for inspection" rather than "for inspecting."

 

[Yiagos]

What's the reason probus?
Because inspection is noun?