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Hi! For sentence number 2 suffering is a verb. Is that correct? For sentence number 1 is suffering an adjective? Thanks, Fulvio
1. She wanted to visit him in the U.K, but she could not leave her suffering people behind.
2. She wanted to visit him in the U.K, but she could not leave her people, who were suffering, behind.
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I would say that "suffering" is a verb in both cases. Note that nouns can be modified by gerund-participle and past participle verbs. Other examples include a sleeping child / the condemned man .
- I would say that "suffering" is a verb in both cases.
- Note that nouns can be modified by gerund-participle and past participle verbs.
- Other examples include a sleeping child / the condemned man .
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I would say that "suffering" is a verb in both cases.
Note that nouns can be modified by gerund-participle and past participle verbs.
Other examples include a sleeping child / the condemned man.
0yellowstarstruckHi! For sentence number 2 suffering is a verb. Is that correct? For sentence number 1 is suffering an adjective? Thanks, Fulvio
1. She wanted to visit him in the U.K, but she could not leave her suffering people behind.
2. She wanted to visit him in the U.K, but she could not leave her people, who were suffering,
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