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Companies advertising snacks in an attractive manner entices children into buying them.

Glorfindel
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No, you didn't use a gerund properly. You shouldn't use a gerund.

It's true that "advertising" can be a gerund. But when a verb becomes a noun, you can no longer use adverbs with it. For example, you could say "the company is advertising badly", but you would have to say "the company has bad advertising".

You go on to refer to the manner in which the advertising is done. You do something in a certain manner, so you are clearly referring to a verb.

And because 'advertising' is not a gerund, you should not use a possessive noun, either.

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  • Thanks. What about in this sentence: "Companies advertising junk food is wrong". Is "companies advertising junk food" a gerund? – onose shaibu Jun 19 '22 at 20:29
  • @onoseshaibu the sentence you just wrote is not wrong. There's just no gerund. 'Companies' is a noun, and 'advertising' is a verb'. – Astralbee Jun 20 '22 at 11:39