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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

gerund or participle

Is there a trick to distinguish a gerund from a participle?
  

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What role is the word playing in the sentence? If it acts like a noun, it's a gerund.

— BarbaraPA

  • What role is the word playing in the sentence?
  • If it acts like a noun, it's a gerund.
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What role is the word playing in the sentence? If it acts like a noun, it's a gerund.
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For a participle, think adjective, think -ing (present participle) or -ed or -en or -n (past participle).
For a gerund, think noun; think -ing.

a thundering voice. (adjective, present participle)
a closed door (adjective, past participle)
a hidden motive (adjective, past participle)

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