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Is it possible to use the ing form as infinitive at the beginning of a sentence?

E.g. learning extracurricular Software to improve personal training.

This is a sentence I put in brackets in my curriculum vitae. If possible, attach references of accreditate sources where you picked up the rule.

Thank you for your time.

Gennaro Arguzzi
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    This particular use of the -ing form is called a "Gerund", and it does function in much the same way as an infinitive does. Infinitive clauses and gerund clauses are varieties of Complement clauses -- subordinate clauses that act as nouns in a sentence, typically the subject or direct object of certain verbs. The example you give -- learning extracurricular software to improve personal training -- is not a sentence, however. It could be a sentence if it had a main verb, but as it is, it is only a gerund clause followed by a purpose infinitive clause. – John Lawler Jul 17 '19 at 14:40
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    That's fine, except it's not a complete standalone sentence. You need to add is [something] to the end. However, in the context of something broader that introduces it, as you indicate, that's okay. Software should not be capitalized—unless it's a proper noun, which seems unlikely. – Jason Bassford Jul 17 '19 at 17:36
  • John Lawler and Jason Bassford thank you for your precious suggestions. – Gennaro Arguzzi Jul 18 '19 at 07:51
  • Hello @JohnLawler, in my context it is better to use the gerund or the infinitive? The complete point in my CV is: Determination to achieve the prefixed goals (e.g. learning extracurricular softwares to improve my professional training). – Gennaro Arguzzi Jul 18 '19 at 08:49
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    If this text is for your CV, you have much bigger problems than gerund vs infinitive. To start with, prefixed goals does not mean what you think it means, because it doesn't mean anything. And software is a mass noun that doesn't occur in the plural. On the other hand, that might be normal in whatever dialect of English is spoken where you live; there are thousands. – John Lawler Jul 18 '19 at 14:57
  • Thank you @JohnLawler, thus maybe in this way should be ok: Determination to achieve the set goals (e.g. learning extracurricular software to improve my professional training). – Gennaro Arguzzi Jul 18 '19 at 16:55
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    Better. Leave out my; if you're using anarthrous nouns elsewhere, continue. – John Lawler Jul 18 '19 at 19:34
  • @JohnLawler your help was very precious. Thanks for everything. – Gennaro Arguzzi Jul 19 '19 at 05:39
  • @JohnLawler I have the last question for you, related to your answers: can you suggest to me a book or a website where I can find a glossary of the linguistic terms please? I found the term anarthrous only in the dictionaries, but not in the glossaries. – Gennaro Arguzzi Jul 19 '19 at 06:03
  • Anarthrous is a technical term, meaning (in Greek) 'without articles'. Try the glossaries in David Crystal's Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language or Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. – John Lawler Jul 19 '19 at 13:51
  • @JohnLawle I checked, but there is not. – Gennaro Arguzzi Jul 19 '19 at 15:54
  • There is not what? – John Lawler Jul 19 '19 at 20:09
  • Hello @JohnLawler, in the book you suggested to me there is not the word anarthrous. – Gennaro Arguzzi Jul 20 '19 at 07:56
  • So look it up on google and find out how people use it. Only linguists (and possibly entomologists, in a different sense) would be using it. – John Lawler Jul 20 '19 at 17:06

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In comments, John Lawler wrote:

This particular use of the -ing form is called a "Gerund", and it does function in much the same way as an infinitive does. Infinitive clauses and gerund clauses are varieties of Complement clauses -- subordinate clauses that act as nouns in a sentence, typically the subject or direct object of certain verbs. The example you give -- learning extracurricular software to improve personal training -- is not a sentence, however. It could be a sentence if it had a main verb, but as it is, it is only a gerund clause followed by a purpose infinitive clause.

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If this text is for your CV, you have much bigger problems than gerund vs infinitive. To start with, prefixed goals does not mean what you think it means, because it doesn't mean anything. And software is a mass noun that doesn't occur in the plural. On the other hand, that might be normal in whatever dialect of English is spoken where you live; there are thousands.

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