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Ed45 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Present participle?

I am curious about the following sentence

"I have experience working with children"

Is the highlighted phrase "working with children" a present participle that modifies experience since it modifies the noun experience? I don't think it functions as a gerund?

  

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ed45 "I have experience working with children"Is the highlighted phrase "working with children" a present participle that modifies experience since it modifies the noun experience? Yes, that's how I read it.

  • ed45 "I have experience working with children"Is the highlighted phrase "working with children" a present participle that modifies experience since it modifies the noun experience?
  • Yes, that's how I read it.
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ed45"I have experience working with children"Is the highlighted phrase "working with children" a present participle that modifies experience since it modifies the noun experience?

Yes, that's how I read it.

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