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Onizo Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Seedling.

Why would you make it into the ing form for this word?

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onizo Why would you make it into the ing form for this word? 'seed' here is a noun, not a verb. And the ending is 'ling', not 'ing'.

  • onizo Why would you make it into the ing form for this word?
  • 'seed' here is a noun, not a verb.
  • And the ending is 'ling', not 'ing'.
  • That 'ling' ending usually, but not always, signifies something young and small.
  • Examples are seedling, fledgeling, gosling, duckling , and even Earthling .
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onizoWhy would you make it into the ing form for this word?
'seed' here is a noun, not a verb. And the ending is 'ling', not 'ing'. That 'ling' ending usually, but not always, signifies something young and small. Examples are seedling, fledgeling, gosling, duckling, and even Earthling. You might look those up in your dictionary.

CJ

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