“Talking loudly you can wake the child up” - okay,
“Talking” is the participle because of the adverb “loudly”.
“you” is the subject that performs the action (wake up).
“Talking can wake the child up” - okay,
“Talking” is both the gerund/noun and the subject that performs the action.
"Talking loudly can wake the child up " - is the participle acting as the subject here?
Yes, the gerund ‘talking loudly’ is the subject.
Thank you for the reply.
So, "Talking loudly you can wake the child up”, “talking” is still participle there, right?
“Talking loudly can wake the child up” - do I understand correctly, we regard “talking loudly” as a whole?
Can we change the order? - "Loudly talking can wake the child up "
Yes, ‘talking’ is a gerund here. As for chaning the order, this would work:
Loud talking can wake up the child but it doesn’t sound natural at all and you will never read or hear it.
But the participle and the gerund aren’t exactly the same thing, are they?
That’s right. A gerund can function as the subject of a sentence while a participle can’t.
Yes, Talking loudly can wake the child up - is the title here and Talking is the subject of the sentence.
Wake the child up - OK, and more common in conversational English
Wake up the child - Better, and more formal