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Peymands Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Part of speech
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Please guide me to know to what part of speech the word "darken" in the below passage belong? If it is a verb why it doesn't have a third person "s" or if it is a past tense so where is the"ed"? Please guide me:
“As Rayber lay watching the window darken, he felt that all his nerves were stretched through him like high tension wire.”
Please guide me to know to what part of speech the word "darken" in the below passage belong? If it is a verb why it doesn't have a third person "s" or if it is a past tense so where is the"ed"? Please guide me:
“As Rayber lay watching the window darken, he felt that all his nerves were stretched through him like high tension wire.”
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It is indeed a verb. It is not marked for present or past because it is in the bare infinitive. Similarly: watching my daughter swim watching the days pass watching the sun rise H.
- It is indeed a verb.
- It is not marked for present or past because it is in the bare infinitive.
- Similarly: watching my daughter swim watching the days pass watching the sun rise H.
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It is indeed a verb. It is not marked for present or past because it is in the bare infinitive.
Similarly:
watching my daughter swim
watching the days pass
watching the sun rise
H.
Similarly:
watching my daughter swim
watching the days pass
watching the sun rise
H.
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Henry , thank youCould you link me somewhere to find more about this structure?
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I'm sorry. Nothing comes to mind off-hand. I'm sure you'll find plenty of sites if you do a google search for English Grammar Infinitives, or Infinitives Watch, or something of the kind.
H.
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This form is called gerund.
Gerunds are formed with the infinitive of the verb and ING.
watch watching
walking, talking, thinking, listening.
Gerund can be used as the subject or the object of the sentence.
Watching T.v is interesting. watching is subject.
I enjoy watching T.v. watching is object.
Gerunds are often used when actions
Gerunds are formed with the infinitive of the verb and ING.
watch watching
walking, talking, thinking, listening.
Gerund can be used as the subject or the object of the sentence.
Watching T.v is interesting. watching is subject.
I enjoy watching T.v. watching is object.
Gerunds are often used when actions
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PeymandsPlease guide me to know to what part of speech the word "darken" in the below passage belong? If it is a verb why it doesn't have a third person "s" or if it is a past tense so where is the"ed"? Please guide me: “As Rayber lay watching the window darken, he felt that all his nerves were stretched through him like high tension wire.”
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