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Vincent Teo Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Ing - running

Could you tell me the ruler of grammar, why should we use "ing" here?

Do not leave water runnning while brushing your teeth or washing your face.
  

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Hi. Running is adjective here. You can change some verbs into adjectives by adding ing at their ends, like interest, confuse and so forth.

  • Hi.
  • Running is adjective here.
  • You can change some verbs into adjectives by adding ing at their ends, like interest, confuse and so forth.
  • The structre of your example is as follows.
  • Verb+noun+adjective Ex.
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Hi.

Running is adjective here. You can change some verbs into adjectives by adding ing at their ends, like interest, confuse and so forth.

The structre of your example is as follows.

Verb+noun+adjective

Ex. leave me alone

Ex. make it clean

Ex. leave water running

Regards

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