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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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gerunds

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is "raising" a gerund, and which "rule" is it following?
  

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It's a present participle. CB

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It's a present participle.

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AnonymousIs "raising" a gerund
No. Participle.
Anonymouswhich "rule" is it following?
It's not following a rule. Participial clauses add information to the main clause. The logical relationship between the clauses is left to the reader to work out with his common sense.

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Anonymousis "raising" a gerund, and which "rule" is it following?
It's not a gerund.
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