Consider the premise. Does the hypothesis stand independently without contradicting or following it? Premise: Mr. Delaney is a victim of the confusion so often experienced by Latin students between the gerund, which is a neuter noun, active in meaning, and the gerundive, which is an adjective of similar form, but passive in meaning. Hypothesis: STudents studying language can get confused between active and passive words.
Mr. Delaney is a victim of the confusion so often experienced by Latin students between the gerund, which is a neuter noun, active in meaning, and the gerundive, which is an adjective of similar form, but passive in meaning.###STudents studying language can get confused between active and passive words.