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Wowenglish Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Showing
I wonder if "showing" is gerund or anything.
'He has a job showing visitors over the castle.
'He has a job showing visitors over the castle.
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" For it to be a gerund, it must behave like a noun. I can't see that here - unless you say it's in apposition to "job," which is a noun.
- " For it to be a gerund, it must behave like a noun.
- I can't see that here - unless you say it's in apposition to "job," which is a noun.
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I'd call it a present participle, the participial phrase qualifying "job."
For it to be a gerund, it must behave like a noun. I can't see that here - unless you say it's in apposition to "job," which is a noun.
For it to be a gerund, it must behave like a noun. I can't see that here - unless you say it's in apposition to "job," which is a noun.
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