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Anewcomer Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Gerund or Participle

0 Are these Gerund or Participle:02br
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00We live everyday by our mission statement and principles, which include 01span01u00embracing02u02span00 diversity and 01u01span00creating 02span02u00great work environment 02br
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00Are the blue-highlighted ones gerund (which is in my thought) or participle ?0-
  

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0 The first one is not a gerund. Gerunds are verbals which function as nouns, which means it has to first be a verb. "Mission" is an adjective in this case.

— Anonymous

  • 0 The first one is not a gerund.
  • Gerunds are verbals which function as nouns, which means it has to first be a verb.
  • "Mission" is an adjective in this case.
  • The other two are indeed gerunds.
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0 The first one is not a gerund. Gerunds are verbals which function as nouns, which means it has to first be a verb. "Mission" is an adjective in this case. The other two are indeed gerunds. 0-
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0I'm not sure what Anon was referring to when he/she said the first one was not, but the other two are, since there are only two with blue highlighting, but yes, they are both gerunds.02br
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00However, you need an article - creating 01b00a02b00 great work environment.0-
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0 ? How can "mission" be an adjective ? when it,itself is a noun not a verb. Yea GG me too, I'm not quite sure what Anon is saying0-
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0What kind of a statement? A mission statement.02br
00The noun 01i00mission02i00 is used as an adjective to modify 01i00statement02i00.02br
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0In Helsinki English 01i00every day02i00 is two words.02br
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite10In Helsinki English 11i10every day12i10 is two words.12br
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10It would be two words in Connecticut English, too. 050010id1
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0 I may as well jump on the bandwagon.02br
00In California English too.02br
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0Oops. That will teach me to be distracted by blue underlining. PA English too.0-
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0Just to avoid confusion; everyday (as one word) is fine, but only when used as an adjective.02br
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0i think it's called a noun+noun structure0-
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