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Taka Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
participle modification/gerund modification
The beautiful mother and child: beautiful=adjective which modifies both mother and child
A crying baby: crying=participle which modifies (a) baby
A studying room: studying=gerund; a room for studying
Just out of curiosity, is it grammatically possible for such a participle/gerund to modify more than one noun, like the 'beautiful' above (i.e. -ing+[noun1and noun2]=-ing noun1 and -ing noun2)?
A crying baby: crying=participle which modifies (a) baby
A studying room: studying=gerund; a room for studying
Just out of curiosity, is it grammatically possible for such a participle/gerund to modify more than one noun, like the 'beautiful' above (i.e. -ing+[noun1and noun2]=-ing noun1 and -ing noun2)?
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A studying room: studying =gerund; a room for studying As far as I know, studying is not a gerund. It is still a participle modifying room . A gerund does not modify.
- A studying room: studying =gerund; a room for studying As far as I know, studying is not a gerund.
- It is still a participle modifying room .
- A gerund does not modify.
- It acts as a noun.
- Compare: The studying room is being cleaned at the moment.
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A studying room: studying=gerund; a room for studying
As far as I know, studying is not a gerund. It is still a participle modifying room.
A gerund does not modify. It acts as a noun.
As far as I know, studying is not a gerund. It is still a participle modifying room.
A gerund does not modify. It acts as a noun.
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