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Charlie23 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
terminology: 'on' as adv or preposition
IN 'They go on dancing until dawn', is 'on' an adv and 'dancing until dawn' a gerund phrase as object
as in 'They go dancing'
or is 'on' a preposition and 'dancing' a gerund obj of prep? Or other?
as in 'They go dancing'
or is 'on' a preposition and 'dancing' a gerund obj of prep? Or other?
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Charlie23 is 'on' a preposition and 'dancing' a gerund obj of prep? No. Here you have 'go' in a catenative construction — two verbs in succession.
- Charlie23 is 'on' a preposition and 'dancing' a gerund obj of prep?
- No.
- Here you have 'go' in a catenative construction — two verbs in succession.
- 'go' is a verb, and 'dancing' is a verb (in its -ing form).
- 'on' can be thought of as an adverb if you wish.
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Charlie23is 'on' a preposition and 'dancing' a gerund obj of prep?No. Here you have 'go' in a catenative construction — two verbs in succession. 'go' is a verb, and 'dancing' is a verb (in its -ing form). 'on' can be thought of as an adverb if you wish. The pattern of 'go on' is just like the pattern of 'keep on'.
They go on dancing until dawn.
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