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John liao Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
gerund or else?
Reginald: Yeah, different languages, corresponding to different ethnic groups. Yeah. And, er, there are different dialects in some languages, yeah.
Leslie: And can … can people understand the other languages, or do… does each sort of group tend to speak its own only?
Reginald: Each group tends to speak its own, English being the only official language every person understands
Are "corresponding" and "being" both gerunds?
Leslie: And can … can people understand the other languages, or do… does each sort of group tend to speak its own only?
Reginald: Each group tends to speak its own, English being the only official language every person understands
Are "corresponding" and "being" both gerunds?
Top answer
No. Neither is a gerund
- No.
- Neither is a gerund
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john liaoWhich forms are these two -ing verbs?present participles
Typically an -ing form of a verb is only a gerund if it stands where a subject or object noun phrase normally stands.
CJ
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They are present participles.
Unless you are studying grammar as an end in itself, or are required by your teacher to distinguish between gerunds and present participles, I see little value in the distinction for people wishing to learn English. I normally use the expression '-ing words/forms' for both.
If you do need to distinguish between the two, gerunds have n
Unless you are studying grammar as an end in itself, or are required by your teacher to distinguish between gerunds and present participles, I see little value in the distinction for people wishing to learn English. I normally use the expression '-ing words/forms' for both.
If you do need to distinguish between the two, gerunds have n
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AMSA said eight aircraft searched 252,000 square kilometers yesterday, with a Chinesellyushin IL-76 and a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P3 Orion spotting objects in different pars of the search area.
Which type is "spotting"? Gerund or present participles, it seems like a verb here.
Which type is "spotting"? Gerund or present participles, it seems like a verb here.
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john liaoWhich type is "spotting"? Gerund or present participles, it seems like a verb here.Yes. The -ing forms do sound like verbs quite often.
As long as they are not gerunds (which are used in sentences where nouns would be used), call them (present) participles.
"spotting" is a participle here. It's in a typical grammatical patt
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