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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Smoking over

"I was brought up in a Scottish fishing town, where the smell of the fish smoking over the oak chips filled the air whenever we wandered around our local harbour."
What part of speech " smoking over the oak chips" is? Is it a gerund or a verb? How to differentiate words plus ing from verbs?
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Jignesh
  

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Jigneshbharati smoking 'smoking' is a participle (a non-finite verb form) in that sentence. The participle clause 'smoking over the oak chips' modifies the noun 'fish'. Jigneshbharati How to differentiate words plus ing from verbs?

— CalifJim

  • Jigneshbharati smoking 'smoking' is a participle (a non-finite verb form) in that sentence.
  • The participle clause 'smoking over the oak chips' modifies the noun 'fish'.
  • Jigneshbharati How to differentiate words plus ing from verbs?
  • Participles and gerunds are not accompanied by auxiliary finite verbs.
  • ', not 'the fish are smoking'.
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Jigneshbharatismoking
'smoking' is a participle (a non-finite verb form) in that sentence. The participle clause 'smoking over the oak chips' modifies the noun 'fish'.
JigneshbharatiHow to differentiate words plus ing from verbs?
Participles and gerunds are not accompanied by auxiliary finite verbs. In the example you gave
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