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According to the above mentioned website, an -ing verb form without an auxiliary form to accompany it can never be a verb. I cannot find any example to prove this rule wrong. I was just curious about it. Is this rule correct?
GB
According to the above mentioned website, an -ing verb form without an auxiliary form to accompany it can never be a verb. I cannot find any example to prove this rule wrong. I was just curious about it. Is this rule correct?
GB
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Hi, Would you consider this? He was singing and (he was) dancing . Perhaps it depends on what you mean by 'to accompany it'.
- Hi, Would you consider this?
- He was singing and (he was) dancing .
- Perhaps it depends on what you mean by 'to accompany it'.
- Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
Would you consider this? He was singing and (he was) dancing. Perhaps it depends on what you mean by 'to accompany it'.
Best wishes, Clive
Would you consider this? He was singing and (he was) dancing. Perhaps it depends on what you mean by 'to accompany it'.
Best wishes, Clive
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