Re: Overuse of gerunds in headings

[Steven Brown <stevenabrown -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Gerunds function as nouns, so I don't see a problem
with conceptual chapters or sections that do not use a
gerund.

Steven Brown

--- William Turner <wturner -at- force10networks -dot- com>
wrote:

> I have worked in several Pubs departments where the
> standard heading
> style was defined as requiring gerunds.  That works
> fine for me when the
> subject is Installing, Configuring,
> Restoring...stuff like that.  
> 
> However, for an introductory chapter or section, am
> I breaking a
> well-established standard by calling it, for
> example, "Introduction
> to..." or "Overview of..."?  I usually see, in
> similar situations, that
> the author uses "Understanding ..." in order to
> conform to gerund
> orthodoxy.


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