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Alex1751 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Present Participle Or Gerund
Is this a gerund or a present participle?
"It was nice seeing you"
I'm asking because as far as I know gerunds that have objects can't have adjectives before them.
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It's a gerund. In fact, "nice" does not modify "seeing you": the sentence is a way of saying "Seeing you was nice", deferring the subject and instead fronting with a dummy or anticipatory "it".
- It's a gerund.
- In fact, "nice" does not modify "seeing you": the sentence is a way of saying "Seeing you was nice", deferring the subject and instead fronting with a dummy or anticipatory "it".
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It's a gerund. In fact, "nice" does not modify "seeing you": the sentence is a way of saying "Seeing you was nice", deferring the subject and instead fronting with a dummy or anticipatory "it".
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