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Ye Thu Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

present participle or gerund

I go to school by riding on a bicycle.
I'd like to know whether the word "riding" in the above sentence is present participle or gerund.
Thanks a trillion.
  

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By is a preposition and all prepositions are followed by a gerund, not a present participle. Your sentence is unnecessarily long. You could simply say: I go to school by bike.

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  • By is a preposition and all prepositions are followed by a gerund, not a present participle.
  • Your sentence is unnecessarily long.
  • You could simply say: I go to school by bike.
  • CB
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By is a preposition and all prepositions are followed by a gerund, not a present participle. Your sentence is unnecessarily long. You could simply say: I go to school by bike.

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