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Aqua bee 63 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

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Is the ing in shining a verbal or nominal?

  

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As I understand 'verbal' and 'nominal', you can't tell the difference unless the word is used in a sentence. In any case it's not the -ing that's the verbal or nominal; it's the whole word that ends in -ing. CJ

  • As I understand 'verbal' and 'nominal', you can't tell the difference unless the word is used in a sentence.
  • In any case it's not the -ing that's the verbal or nominal; it's the whole word that ends in -ing.
  • CJ
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As I understand 'verbal' and 'nominal', you can't tell the difference unless the word is used in a sentence. In any case it's not the -ing that's the verbal or nominal; it's the whole word that ends in -ing.

CJ

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aqua bee 63Is the ing in shining a verbal or nominal?

You can answer the question yourself by considering these sentences carefully:

The sun is shining brightly.
His bright and shining face showed his delight.
Shining brightly, the sun rose.
The Shining is a 1980 horror film.

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