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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Gerunds or...?
Hi everyone
What are the roles of "having" & "waking" in these sentences?
I know they're reduced adverbials, but the problem is that i can't decide if they are gerunds, or participials?
Having walked into the room, she found them dead.
Walking into the room, she found them dead.
What are the roles of "having" & "waking" in these sentences?
I know they're reduced adverbials, but the problem is that i can't decide if they are gerunds, or participials?
Having walked into the room, she found them dead.
Walking into the room, she found them dead.
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Anonymous gerunds, or participials? Participles. To qualify as a gerund, the -ing word has to be a subject or an object (of a verb or preposition).
- Anonymous gerunds, or participials?
- Participles.
- To qualify as a gerund, the -ing word has to be a subject or an object (of a verb or preposition).
- Gerunds are not adverbials.
- After she broke her leg, even walking into a room was difficult.
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Anonymousgerunds, or participials?Participles. To qualify as a gerund, the -ing word has to be a subject or an object (of a verb or preposition). Gerunds are not adverbials.
After she broke her leg, even walking into a room was difficult. (This has a gerund as subject.)
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