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Tampu05 Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Meaning and difference

I like to know via Eglish forum ' What is the"DECLAMATION" ?

difference between gerund andpresent participle?

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Welcome to English Forums, tampu. [<:o)] You've come to the right place to agonize over this distinction. I've been doing so for three years, and I get absolutely no sympathy.

  • Welcome to English Forums, tampu.
  • [<:o)] You've come to the right place to agonize over this distinction.
  • I've been doing so for three years, and I get absolutely no sympathy.
  • The popular wisdom is that the gerund is NOT, repeat, NOT, nor never was, a present participle.
  • End of story.
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Welcome to English Forums, tampu. Thanks for joining us![<:o)]

You've come to the right place to agonize over this distinction. I've been doing so for three years, and I get absolutely no sympathy.
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Hi guys,

I don't know if it will encourage you or discourage you if I tell you that most native English speakers don't even know what a gerund is. Howver, they can still speak good English.

Having said this, I understand very well that, as non-native learners of English, you need definitions and rules. Frankly, I'm always impressed by the rules that non-natives mention on the Fo

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