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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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word ending in ing at the beginning of a sentence must do what?
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It's usually a gerund, serving as subject of the sentence, or fronting a gerund[ive] phrase, which in turn serves as subject of the sentence. Swimming is fun. Swimming in the river is dangerous.
- It's usually a gerund, serving as subject of the sentence, or fronting a gerund[ive] phrase, which in turn serves as subject of the sentence.
- Swimming is fun.
- Swimming in the river is dangerous.
- It could also modify the subject.
- Speeding down the hill, the truck missed the curve and careened over the cliff.
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It's usually a gerund, serving as subject of the sentence, or fronting a gerund[ive] phrase, which in turn serves as subject of the sentence.
Swimming is fun.
Swimming in the river is dangerous.
It could also modify the subject.
Speeding down the hill, the truck missed the curve and careened over the cl
Swimming is fun.
Swimming in the river is dangerous.
It could also modify the subject.
Speeding down the hill, the truck missed the curve and careened over the cl
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