Alexander Koryagin to Anton Shepelev:   
      
   AS>> The verb "invade", being transitive, acting upon a   
   AS>> nount and used in a noun phrase, requres the putting of   
   AS>> itself into the form of a gerund :-) I therefore view   
   AS>> "invasion" in the phrase "invasion of Iraq" as a   
   AS>> gerund.   
   AK>   
   AK> They don't think of a Gerund if there is a noun   
   AK> expressing the similar meaning.  So "invade" requires   
   AK> nothing.   
      
   Who are "they"?  Can you provide arguments instead of the   
   appeal to authority?   
      
   AK> You require a spell checker however. ;)   
      
   I know, but am trying to make do without.   
      
   AS>> I therefore view "invasion" in the phrase "invasion of   
   AS>> Iraq" as a gerund.   
   AK>   
   AK> What about seeing it as a noun? :)   
      
   Then would you please mark for me the difference between   
   "the invasion of Iraq" and "the invading of Iraq"?   
      
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