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Wowenglish Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Picking

I wonder if "picking" in the next sentence is "present progressive" or gerund.
If "picking" is gerund, I would like to know the reason.

What's the big idea, picking on a little girl like that?
  

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The author opted for a gerund. He could have said 'to pick on a little girl like that'.

  • The author opted for a gerund.
  • He could have said 'to pick on a little girl like that'.
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The author opted for a gerund. He could have said 'to pick on a little girl like that'.
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The present progressive or the continuos present as it is also called is a tense that requires an auxiliary - at least that's what I call it: You are picking on that little girl. There's no auxiliary in your sentence. I consider picking a present participle in the sentence, which it of

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