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Wowenglish Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Comma/ing
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I have two questions
Jon has a wide range of experience, having worked in all areas of the firm.
1. I wonder why comma is used.
2. If "having" is "gerund", I wonder why "gerund" is used.
I have two questions
Jon has a wide range of experience, having worked in all areas of the firm.
1. I wonder why comma is used.
2. If "having" is "gerund", I wonder why "gerund" is used.
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Very interesting question! e. verb + ing) yet different function.
- Very interesting question!
- e.
- verb + ing) yet different function.
- g.
- " Smoking is bad for your health" or "I like swimming ".
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Very interesting question!
My understanding is that gerunds and progressive participles have identical form (i.e. verb + ing) yet different function. A gerund is typically used as a noun, e.g. "Smoking is bad for your health" or "I like swimming". A participle, on the other hand, is not used as a noun. In your example, the participle (a present perfect participle) is u
My understanding is that gerunds and progressive participles have identical form (i.e. verb + ing) yet different function. A gerund is typically used as a noun, e.g. "Smoking is bad for your health" or "I like swimming". A participle, on the other hand, is not used as a noun. In your example, the participle (a present perfect participle) is u
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WowenglishWowenglishStartFragment>
I have two questions
Jon has a wide range of experience, having worked in all areas of the firm.
1. I wonder why comma is used.
2. If "having" is "gerund", I wonder why "gerund" is used.
You have posted this thread twice. If you look at the other one,
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