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I agree with kalinka.

Strange...I called my brother, who is an English major, and he said it was a gerund too, but he can't explain why. This is truly an odd topic. I hate things that can't be explained...

Yes, that also makes it a gerund. But in the first sentence, the first clause describes the means by which he performed the second clause. He used the first to do the second. I dont know if that...

The word "illustrating" acts as the verb, but the whole first clause acts as the noun.

Im 99.99% sure it's a gerund, just a weird example, since the sentence is phrased so horribly.

Gerunds and...

I disagree. I believe it's a gerund.