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Gamiz123 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Part of speech

they keep voting against it

voting is which part of speech? and does "it" is refering "voting?

  

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They keep voting against it. "Voting" is present participle verb . This is a catenative construction where the catenative verb "keep" has the underlined subordinate non-finite clause as catenative complement.

  • They keep voting against it.
  • "Voting" is present participle verb .
  • This is a catenative construction where the catenative verb "keep" has the underlined subordinate non-finite clause as catenative complement.
  • The term "catenative" comes from the Latin word for "chain".
  • We use it to describe constructions which have a chain of two or more verbs, like your "keep voting".
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They keep voting against it.

"Voting" is present participle verb.

This is a catenative construction where the catenative verb "keep" has the underlined subordinate non-finite clause as catenative complement. The term "catenative" comes from the Latin word for "chain". We use it to describe constructions which have a chain of two or more verbs, like your "keep v

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