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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

present participle

( https://youtu.be/PhwGtNzdDmc?t=3m )

According to that, riding in I saw Jim riding his bike is a gerund.
I thought riding is a present participle, but it is said to be a gerund. Anyhow, There’s a question I want to ask. "The present participle of a verb" can not have an object?
  

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Anonymous I saw Jim riding his bike. In this sentence 'riding' is not a gerund. The sentence illustrates a catenative construction (two verbs together).

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous I saw Jim riding his bike.
  • In this sentence 'riding' is not a gerund.
  • The sentence illustrates a catenative construction (two verbs together).
  • The verb 'see' can take a bare infinitive or a present participle, either of which can take an object (as long as the verb is transitive, of course).
  • CJ
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AnonymousI saw Jim riding his bike.
In this sentence 'riding' is not a gerund. The sentence illustrates a catenative construction (two verbs together). The verb 'see' can take a bare infinitive or a present participle, either of which can take an object (as long as the verb is transitive, of course).

CJ
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From now on, I cannot count on the instructor. T.T.
If you allow me to lean on your authority on grammar topics, for caution's sake, Is it also a misleading lesson? ( https://youtu.be/8ZTikQEt0Z8?t=3m36s ) ? The instructor taught me the lesson that to wait in I told you to wait functions like an adjective
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AnonymousFrom now on, I cannot count on the instructor.
No, not when the instructor is saying that 'riding' is a gerund.
Anonymous "to wait" in "I told you to wait"
You need to quote
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