45. An infinitive or a participle, like any other verb-form, may take an object if its meaning allows (pp. 134, 143).
46. Infinitives and participles, like other verb-forms, may be modified by adverbs, adverbial phrases, or adverbial clauses (pp. 134, 142).
47. Verbal (or participial) nouns in -ing have the form of present participles, but the construction of nouns ([p. 145]).
48. Verbal nouns in -ing have certain properties of the verb ([p. 146]).
1. Verbal nouns in -ing may take a direct or an indirect object if their meaning allows.
2. A verbal noun in -ing may take an adverbial modifier.
49. A noun in -ing may be used as an adjective, or as the adjective element in a compound noun ([p. 146]).
50. The substantive which follows a preposition is called its object and is in the objective case ([p. 148]).
51. A coördinate conjunction connects words or groups of words that are independent of each other ([p. 151]).
52. A subordinate conjunction connects a subordinate clause with the clause on which it depends ([p. 151]).