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Piano grape 561 Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Part of Speech

The government started DISTRIBUTING the vaccine doses.

what is DISTRIBUTING here ??

what kind of verb ???

  

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Distributing is a gerund in your sentence. The gerund is neither a verb, nor a noun, but a little bit of both. It can take an object, which is what the vaccine doses is and it can be used in the passive voice as well.

  • Distributing is a gerund in your sentence.
  • The gerund is neither a verb, nor a noun, but a little bit of both.
  • It can take an object, which is what the vaccine doses is and it can be used in the passive voice as well.
  • He enjoyed reading the book I gave him.
  • He dislikes being seen in my company.
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Distributing is a gerund in your sentence. The gerund is neither a verb, nor a noun, but a little bit of both. It can take an object, which is what the vaccine doses is and it can be used in the passive voice as well.

He enjoyed reading the book I gave him.

He dislikes being seen in my c

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