What part of speech is it? [closed]
DRIVING in the town centre is banned during the day. I think they should ban DRIVING in the town centre during the day
What part of speech is DRIVING in these sentences? Is it a noun?
Solution 1:
DRIVING in the town centre is banned during the day.
I think they should ban DRIVING in the town centre during the day.
I'd say that "driving" is ambiguous between a verb and a noun, though verb preferred.
Noun interpretation can be forced by adjectival premodification, as in unnecessary/non-essential driving.