Is "working overtime" gerund or participle?
I would very much appreciate it if someone could help analysis the following sentence:
"I am tired working overtime every day."
1. Is the phrase ‘working overtime’ a gerund or a participle?
2. what is the function of this phrase?
Thank you
Donna
Top answer
I am tired working overtime every day . I'd say it's an adjunct, probably a resultative one, cf. "I am tired as a result of working overtime every day".
- I am tired working overtime every day .
- I'd say it's an adjunct, probably a resultative one, cf.
- "I am tired as a result of working overtime every day".
- Trad grammar calls "working" a present participle, but modern grammar calls it simply a 'gerund-participle'.
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I am tired working overtime every day.
I'd say it's an adjunct, probably a resultative one, cf. "I am tired as a result of working overtime every day".
Trad grammar calls "working" a present participle, but modern grammar calls it simply a 'gerund-participle'.
0Purely as a matter of usage, note that "tired of -ing" is much more common than "tired -ing".
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