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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

running

“I want you to hit the ground running.”

In this sentence, running can be regarded as a participle?
I mean, can I understand the sentence as “I want you to hit the ground and run.”?
  

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Hi, I want you to be lalready running when you hit the ground. You already know, of course, that it is an idiom. Please do not keep posting new threads about this phrase.

— Clive

  • Hi, I want you to be lalready running when you hit the ground.
  • You already know, of course, that it is an idiom.
  • Please do not keep posting new threads about this phrase.
  • Just discuss it in one thread.
  • Clive
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Hi,

I want you to be lalready running when you hit the ground.
You already know, of course, that it is an idiom.

Please do not keep posting new threads about this phrase. Just discuss it in one thread.

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eipjooIn this sentence, running can 'running' be regarded as a participle?
Yes. That's exactly what it is.

CJ
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CalifJimThat's exactly what it is.
“I want you to hit the ground running.”
So this sentence isn’t the structure of
‘hit (transitive verb)+ the ground running (object: ‘running’ is a gerund).'
Is this right?
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eipjooSo this sentence isn’t ... the ground running (object: ‘running’ is a gerund).'
Correct. There is nothing here about the act of running, so it's not a gerund. running simply answers the question "How?"

How do you want me to hit the ground?
I want you to hit the ground running.

CJ
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