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Wowenglish Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Taking

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Once a hare was roaming near a lake in a forest. Suddenly he saw a tortoise and mocked at him saying – “Hurry up, you slow coach! Don’t you find life very dull taking so long to cover a few yards? I could have run to the other side of the lake by now.”

I wonder if "taking" is gerund or participle.

If "taking" is gerund or participle, I'd like to know why "taking" is gerund or participle.
  

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Personally, I don't sense that a noun normally goes in that position, so I wouldn't call it a gerund, which is a sort of noun substitute. *Don't you find life dull cause? *Don't you find life dull consideration?

— CalifJim

  • Personally, I don't sense that a noun normally goes in that position, so I wouldn't call it a gerund, which is a sort of noun substitute.
  • *Don't you find life dull cause?
  • *Don't you find life dull consideration?
  • *Don't you find life dull reason?
  • ___________ On the other hand, an adverbial subordinate clause can go there nicely.
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Personally, I don't sense that a noun normally goes in that position, so I wouldn't call it a gerund, which is a sort of noun substitute.

*Don't you find life dull cause?
*Don't you find life dull consideration?
*Don't you find life dull reason?
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On the other hand, an adverbial subordinate clause can go there nicely.
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