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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Gerund and Participles

I really don't get the difference between a gerund phrase, and a participial phrase. For example, in the follow sentence:

Maxine gets her exercise by [dancing for at least three hours a week].

What is the enclosed phrase? A gerund of participial. I really don't get it. Help Emotion: sad
  

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Anonymous Maxine gets her exercise by [dancing for at least three hours a week]. It's just a question of function. The present participle and the gerund are identical in form, and differ only in use.

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  • Anonymous Maxine gets her exercise by [dancing for at least three hours a week].
  • It's just a question of function.
  • The present participle and the gerund are identical in form, and differ only in use.
  • If the phrase works like a noun, then it's a gerund phrase.
  • In your example, the phrase is object of the preposition , "by," and therefore a gerund phrase .
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AnonymousMaxine gets her exercise by [dancing for at least three hours a week].
It's just a question of function. The present participle and the gerund are identical in form, and differ only in use.
If the phrase works like a noun, then it's a gerund phrase.

In your example, the phrase is object of the preposition, "by," and therefore a
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