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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

gerund vs participle

How can I distinguish between the gerund and the participle ??
means if I'm suppose to decide whither the ING form in the statement is gerund or participle ? thank you ^^
  

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Hi, Please provide a few sentences in which you have this difficulty. You might want to consider this. In my opinion, most native speakers of English don't know what a gerund is, and many don't know what a participle is.

  • Hi, Please provide a few sentences in which you have this difficulty.
  • You might want to consider this.
  • In my opinion, most native speakers of English don't know what a gerund is, and many don't know what a participle is.
  • Yet they get the meaning of what is said with no problem.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Please provide a few sentences in which you have this difficulty.

You might want to consider this. In my opinion, most native speakers of English don't know what a gerund is, and many don't know what a participle is. Yet they get the meaning of what is said with no problem.

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