I stand corrected! Thank you for teaching me what a gerund is. I’ll eat my humble pie 🥧

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All good. I like that you’re grammatically minded 🤝

I’ve been known to ponder linguistics over freshly made synonym rolls, just like grammar used to make.

Re-reading the way I wrote the definition, and turns out you are correct.

I said “Orangewashing is to attempt to…” which is a verb definition.

Had I said “Orangewashing is the attempt of…” then it would have been a noun definition.

It can be used either way, but the way I wrote the definition is as a verb. Good. At g

Good catch*