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Fatimah0786 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Gerund or verb

In the sentence, "I asked her if she was going shopping and could get me some toothpaste", Is shopping a noun,verb or a gerund?
Can we put two verbs together like this Iam going swimming this Friday.
  

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"go + verb-ing" is an idiomatic pattern. " In this pattern, the word "verb-ing" seems to me to be functioning as a noun.

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  • "go + verb-ing" is an idiomatic pattern.
  • " In this pattern, the word "verb-ing" seems to me to be functioning as a noun.
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"go + verb-ing" is an idiomatic pattern. "go shopping" and "go swimming" are both OK, and various other activities can also be described using this pattern: "go running/skiing/fishing/etc." In this pattern, the word "verb-ing" seems to me to be functioning as a noun.
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I don't think it should be considered a noun. I would call it a present participle, but Aspara Gus might have a better term up his sleeve.
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ozzourtiI don't think it should be considered a noun. I would call it a present participle, but Aspara Gus might have a better term up his sleeve.
Yeah, it is a present participle in form, but I would say functioning as a noun. I see "go shopping" as meaning (in a kind of clunky paraphrase) "go to do the activity of shopping".
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