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1. Can we say that whenever gerunds act as a subject of the clause, they are always considered singular and would need a singular verb?
Correct, gerunds are always singular ("swimming is fun"). Though I suppose that you could have two gerunds as the subject of the sentence, forming a plural: "swimming and surfing are difficult."
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1. Can we say that whenever gerunds act as a subject of the clause, they are always considered singular and would need a singular verb?
Correct, gerunds are always singular ("swimming is fun"). Though I suppose that you could have two gerunds as the subject of the sentence, forming a plural: "swimming and surfing are difficult."
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