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AH020387 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Culminating

Can 'culminating' mean 'culminated'?
  

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It's two different forms of the same word. "Culminated" is a verb - the joke culminated with a punch line. "Culminating" needs an extra verb form to work with it - the joke CAME to an end, culminating in a punch line.

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  • It's two different forms of the same word.
  • "Culminated" is a verb - the joke culminated with a punch line.
  • "Culminating" needs an extra verb form to work with it - the joke CAME to an end, culminating in a punch line.
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It's two different forms of the same word. "Culminated" is a verb - the joke culminated with a punch line.

"Culminating" needs an extra verb form to work with it - the joke CAME to an end, culminating in a punch line.
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