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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

part of speech

What part of speech is the word "tumbling" in " And Jill came tumbling after."?
  

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It feels like an adverb to me.

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  • It feels like an adverb to me.
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It feels like an adverb to me.
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Anonymous What part of speech is the word "tumbling" in " And Jill came tumbling after."?
A verb.

Alpecca Stars: It feels like an adverb to me.
But:
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There is no mention of adjective, either, yet the present participle of any verb can be used as adjective or noun (gerund).
The word in the sentence is tumbling, not tumble.
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