I do not know why the gerund has been used in these two words that I underlined.
Countries saw an increase in the percentage of people working part time in 2010.
The number of people becoming vegetarian increased steadily from 1990 to 2000.
why gerund?
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Re: why gerund?
These are simply participles, not gerunds.