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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Gerund ing

In sentenses like

politicians giving speech or people suffering from a desease


Are these words (giving/suffering) used as gerund or progressive?


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anonymous Are these words (giving/suffering) used as gerund or progressive? Neither. "Progressive" is used in context with the progressive tense.

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  • anonymous Are these words (giving/suffering) used as gerund or progressive?
  • Neither.
  • "Progressive" is used in context with the progressive tense.
  • These verbs do not have tense because they are non-finite (not inflected).
  • You must have a complete sentence to analyze the function of a word or phrase.
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anonymousAre these words (giving/suffering) used as gerund or progressive?

Neither.

"Progressive" is used in context with the progressive tense. These verbs do not have tense because they are non-finite (not inflected).

You must have a complete sentence to analyze the function of a word or phrase.

Politicians giving speeches are us

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