Oh, dear. It had to happen sooner or later: a direct clash with Chronicle editorial authority over a point of 19th-century prescriptive grammar. My Our esteemed editor, Heidi Landecker, who has saved ...

For example, ‘I stopped playing’, and many other activities may be shown using the verb ‘go’ – as in, ‘ go shopping’ ‘go jumping’ et al. The answer to understanding gerunds is to constantly ...