Sentence correction regarding parts of speech
In the sentence... I like dancing and playing the guitar... are like and dancing both verbs?
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0file cpu 192In the sentence... I like dancing and playing the guitar... are like and dancing both verbs?
'like' is the main verb.
'dancing' and 'playing' are verb forms (based on 'dance' and 'play', of course) which can be used where nouns are generally used in sentences. These are called "gerunds". So instead of saying t
0file cpu 192In the sentence... I like dancing and playing the guitar... are like and dancing both verbs?
"Like" is undoubtedly a verb. "Dancing" is strictly speaking ambiguous, but verb is the more salient interpretation (I like to dance). Noun interpretation can be forced by adjectival premodification, as in "occasional d
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