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Anewcomer Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

participle vs verb-ing

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00 I'd like to know how we differentiate the participle and the verb-ing ( to be+verb-ing) in this context02br
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00What are blue lights found at the the side of the road? ( this the "found" is past participle and the "are" actually refers to blue lights found ) AM I right? Is the former sentence means the same as this "What are01u00 blue lights that are found02u00 at the the side of the road?02br
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00What are people hanging on their clothesline? ( this hanging actually part of the action that's formed from to be + verb ing and it's not participle (adj) like in the former)02br
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00So how do we know what the asker means, whether the ones with participle or the one with to be + verb ing /ed02br
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0What are blue 00lights found00 at the side of the road? ( this the "found" is past participle and the "are" actually refers to blue lights found ) AM I right? 00= “Found” in this kind of context is a past participle used passively as adjective.00 00Lemon grass is a 00spice used00 in the cooking of many cuisines. The past participle modifies the noun it follows and th
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01cite10Anewcomer12cite10What 11b10are12b10 people 11b10hanging12b10 on their clothesline?12blockquote
10 They are hanging wet towels on the clothesline. --> 01b00are hanging02b00 = present continuous tense of the verb 'hang' 02br
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0Dear Teachers02br
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00Thanks goodman and amy02br
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00okay so amy u described the one with the present participle verb which is this " what/who/where/why/when + to be + pronoun/noun + either "verb" (to describe what it is doing)"02br
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00and another one is" what/who/where/why/when + to be + pronoun/noun + either "adjective (par
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0Newcomer,02br
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00I see that you are confused with the participle usage. I'll try to give it my best shot to explain to you what I've understood about participles.02br
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00"what is the man 00who does up there00" (sounds incorrect) 01b00asking what the man is doing02b00 literally ( doing as verb ) => 00 00
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00So how do we know what the asker means, whether the ones with participle or the one with to be + verb ing /ed12blockquote
11font01b00Hang on to your hat!02b02font00 If I understand your question correctly, the difference depends on whether a Whiz-deletion was applied, that is, the r
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1i00Hi CJ02i00 , I'd say you nailed my questions, thank you so much02br
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00but here are some questions just to makesure that it is real clear01i00 02i02br
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01i00What are00 those00 blue lights found at the side of the road? 02i00( this is
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The present participle in English is in the active voice and is used for: forming the progressive aspect: Debi was sleeping. Modifying a noun as an adjective: Let sleeping dogs lie. Modifying a verb or sentence in clauses: Broadly speaking; the project was successful. This present participle has the same form as a gerund, however, gerunds act as nouns rather than a v
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