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Roky0071 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Gerund or participle
1. The water being at boiling point always shows 100 degree Celsius or above.
2. The boiling water is always hot.
My question is below:
In the first exemple "being" and in the second example " boiling", are these "gerund' or participle"?
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roky0071 In the first ex a mple "being" and in the second example " boiling", are these "gerund' or participle"? They're participles. They are both modifiers.
- roky0071 In the first ex a mple "being" and in the second example " boiling", are these "gerund' or participle"?
- They're participles.
- They are both modifiers.
- A gerund is not a modifier.
- It can be a subject or object, however.
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roky0071In the first example "being" and in the second example " boiling", are these "gerund' or participle"?
They're participles. They are both modifiers.
A gerund is not a modifier. It can be a subject or object, however. It's the subject of the sentence below.
Boiling water was not an easy task
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roky00711. The water being at boiling point always shows 100 degrees Celsius or above.
'degree' is treated as a countable noun.
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