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MIG Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Gerund or Verb

Hi.
Please clarify to which part of speech "unifying" belongs to in the sentence below.

A WordPress Theme is a collection of files that work together to produce a graphical interface with an underlying unifying design for a weblog.

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MIG with an underlying unifying design for a weblog. unifying is a verb in its participial (-ing) form. It modifies design .

— CalifJim

  • MIG with an underlying unifying design for a weblog.
  • unifying is a verb in its participial (-ing) form.
  • It modifies design .
  • a unifying design = a design which unifies It's not a gerund.
  • That would be like Unifying designs for weblogs is what I like to do .
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MIGwith an underlying unifying design for a weblog.
unifying is a verb in its participial (-ing) form. It modifies design.

a unifying design = a design which unifies

It's not a gerund. That would be like Unifying designs for weblogs is what I like to do. (The activity of unifying designs ...) In this case
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Thank you very much CalifJim as always.
Please endure me for one more question.Emotion: smile
For conclusion, please consider the sentence
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MIGI think the first "unifying" is a participle and second is a gerund.
Right if by the second one you mean they hated the activity of unifying force, whatever that would mean.
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