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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

continuing

The diagnosis, however, requires accurate knowledge that the patient is continuing to abuse alcohol.

" continuing" is adjective or present participle in the above sentence?

Can we put word "continuous" in the place of " continuing" without changing meaning of the sentence?

What should be the meaning of original sentence?
  

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" continuing" is adjective or present participle in the above sentence? '... ' is the present progressive form of the verb 'continue, Anonymous Can we put word "continuous" in the place of " continuing" without changing meaning of the sentence?

  • " continuing" is adjective or present participle in the above sentence?
  • '...
  • ' is the present progressive form of the verb 'continue, Anonymous Can we put word "continuous" in the place of " continuing" without changing meaning of the sentence?
  • No, With 'continuous', the sentence is not correct English.
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AnonymousThe diagnosis, however, requires accurate knowledge that the patient is continuing to abuse alcohol." continuing" is adjective or present participle in the above sentence?
'... is continuing ...' is the present progressive form of the verb 'continue,
AnonymousCan we put word "continuous" in the place of " continuing" without ch

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