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Nid01 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Hello,
I came across this paragraph:
“It was seeing my friends hurt; it was seeing it on the television constantly. It kind of made me feel like I had to do something about it."
My question:
- How do I understand it : i.e can I consider the underlined words "was seeing" as a past continuous tense OR can I consider "seeing" as a gerund?
Your help is highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
I came across this paragraph:
“It was seeing my friends hurt; it was seeing it on the television constantly. It kind of made me feel like I had to do something about it."
My question:
- How do I understand it : i.e can I consider the underlined words "was seeing" as a past continuous tense OR can I consider "seeing" as a gerund?
Your help is highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
"seeing" is a gerund. e. " Similarly for "seeing it on the television".
- "seeing" is a gerund.
- e.
- " Similarly for "seeing it on the television".
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"seeing" is a gerund. "seeing my friends hurt" is being given as a cause of the feeling; i.e. the meaning is like "It was seeing my friends hurt that made me feel like I had to do something about it." Similarly for "seeing it on the television".
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