Adjective Or Verb?
Hi,
In the sentence "It's odd because I don't remember him to be sleeping this early in the night", should we consider the 'sleeping' a verb or an adjective?
And by the underlined part I mean he's gone to sleep too soon, is it a natural expression?
Thank you.
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The sentence as a whole is not quite right, and it's a bit hard to understand exactly what you mean. Do you mean that you don't remember him ever going to bed this early before? The idea of going to sleep "too soon" is slightly odd too.
- The sentence as a whole is not quite right, and it's a bit hard to understand exactly what you mean.
- Do you mean that you don't remember him ever going to bed this early before?
- The idea of going to sleep "too soon" is slightly odd too.
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The sentence as a whole is not quite right, and it's a bit hard to understand exactly what you mean. Do you mean that you don't remember him ever going to bed this early before?
The idea of going to sleep "too soon" is slightly odd too.
0movo"It's odd because I don't remember him to be sleeping this early in the night", should we consider the 'sleeping' a verb or an adjective?
Actually "sleeping" is one word in the verb phrase, the progressive infinitive of the verb "sleep."
There is the infinitive (to sleep), the perfect infini
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