Is "entertaining" a verb or adjective (or both?)
My best friend and her dog are always entertaining.
I've spent over an hour flipping through my book trying to figure this out. I know the answer is so simple but I feel like entertaining has to be functioning as both a verb and adjective. I'm pretty sure if it were a verb, the sentence would be "My best friend and her dog always entertain," but I'm not 100% sure.
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banana desk 914 My best friend and her dog are always entertaining. ) The way we usually describe the grammar in these cases is this: "entertaining" is an adjective derived from a verb. banana desk 914 I'm pretty sure if it were a verb, the sentence would be "My best friend and her dog always entertain," ...
- banana desk 914 My best friend and her dog are always entertaining.
- ) The way we usually describe the grammar in these cases is this: "entertaining" is an adjective derived from a verb.
- banana desk 914 I'm pretty sure if it were a verb, the sentence would be "My best friend and her dog always entertain," ...
- Yes.
- You can look at it that way.
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banana desk 914My best friend and her dog are always entertaining. Is "entertaining" a verb or adjective (or both?)
The way we usually describe the grammar in these cases is this:
"entertaining" is an adjective derived from a verb.
banana desk 914 I'm pretty sure if it were a verb, the sentence would be "My best friend and
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It's true it's ambiguous in English:
- The dogs are entertaining
If they're doing tricks at this moment and you're referring to what the dogs are doing right now: they are entertaining [ the people who are watching them] - then it's a verb
If the dogs are asleep but you're saying that it's in their nature, usually, to show entertaining behaviour, then 'entertaining'
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