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Ter Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Gerund or participial phrase?
People destroy the environment by polluting it.
Is "polluting it" gerund or participial phrase? I'm not sure... is this acting as a verb or a noun?
thank you very much.
Is "polluting it" gerund or participial phrase? I'm not sure... is this acting as a verb or a noun?
thank you very much.
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It is a noun: it is the object of the preposition 'by'.
- It is a noun: it is the object of the preposition 'by'.
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When it is acting like a verb, you should be able to identify the tense. Otherwise, it would be a verbal, which is a gerund or participle.
In this case, polluting is the object of the preposition by, so it is a gerund because gerunds act like nouns.
In this case, polluting is the object of the preposition by, so it is a gerund because gerunds act like nouns.
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