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make e Verbing as a noun 1. Verbing forms can be used as a noun in a sentence and function as follows: Sample Sentences Usages Swimming is good for your health. As Subject I love swimming in the sea. As Object I keep fit by swimming every day. After prep. Sample Sentences Usages Her swimming is improving day by day. After Possessives The old man has to use a walking stick. Compound Nouns Situations Verbing forms are used We use Verbing (not a infinitive), after the following words: admit dislike imagine delay consider mind understand avoid enjoy practise miss finish keep suggest cannot help I cannot help wondering why she does not like me. look forward to I look forward to seeing you at the party. feel like I don’t feel like doing anything now. Common phrases used with Verbing forms: cannot stand She cannot stand seeing that boy. It is no use/good It is no use crying about your exam results now. put off I had to put off shopping for a while. keep on He kept on asking me for my phone number. We can use a verbing or an infinitive after the following verbs with little difference in meaning but sometimes with some difference in meaning or usage such as: continue prefer begin hate like start