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David Hatton Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Complex parts of speech
What about this sentence, in which it's been posited that only 'imagine' and 'draw' are verbs:
Imagine that you are on another planet. Draw the landscape, using your imagination.
?Now, I would say that 'are' is only identifiable as a verb, while 'using' stands as a participle and would therefore be classified as a verb as well. Am I correct?
Imagine that you are on another planet. Draw the landscape, using your imagination.
?Now, I would say that 'are' is only identifiable as a verb, while 'using' stands as a participle and would therefore be classified as a verb as well. Am I correct?
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imagine, draw - verbs, imperative mood are - verb, present simple tense using - verb, present participle
- imagine, draw - verbs, imperative mood are - verb, present simple tense using - verb, present participle
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imagine, draw -verbs, imperative mood
are - verb, present simple tense
using - verb, present participle
are - verb, present simple tense
using - verb, present participle
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Thank you - I'm correcting someone who is supposed to have exemplary grammar knowledge therefore I didn't want to say anything without checking my facts! Many thanks.
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Thank you; I've posted a further question but seem to have 'lost' it through being unfamiliar with the set-up here and it not stating that my question was being moderated, yet not appearing...
Anyway, in 'Striding down the pitch, waving his flag, the linesman declared that the ball was out' are 'striding' and 'waving' also participles (and therefore verbs) or does either (as I've been
Anyway, in 'Striding down the pitch, waving his flag, the linesman declared that the ball was out' are 'striding' and 'waving' also participles (and therefore verbs) or does either (as I've been
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