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Teneketank Posted 14 years ago
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Present participle how to use as an adjective

"speaking Man" "Man Speaking"

as an adjective which one is correct?

"i saw speaking Man" or "i saw Man speaking"

where is place of adjective around the pronoun? i only wonder that left or right side
  

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Hi 'Speaking man' sounds a little vague to me. You can say: I saw a/the man speaking. (speaking is a verb and not an adjective).

— Prajwalkr

  • Hi 'Speaking man' sounds a little vague to me.
  • You can say: I saw a/the man speaking.
  • (speaking is a verb and not an adjective).
  • Adjectives are mostly after the pronouns.
  • Prajwal
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Hi

'Speaking man' sounds a little vague to me.

You can say:

I saw a/the man speaking. (speaking is a verb and not an adjective).

Adjectives are mostly after the pronouns.

Prajwal
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thanks Emotion: smile

i confuse them after? before?

for instance ; "being human" (tv show)

"walking
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No. As I know speaking is a noun or an adjective.

I saw the man speaking. I think this sentence is confusing.

I'd say I saw the man who was speaking.

Speaking as an adjective

We're living in an English speaking country.
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"i saw the man who was speaking" ...Perfect but when we reduced the sentence as below

>> i saw The man speaking.... correct but i want to use "present participle" as an Adjective

and Adjective (present participle) "running Man" or "Man running"

at least how is that > "walking dead" ? Dead walks?

i guess we can use "Present participle" as an Adjective a
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