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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
The difference between "gerund" and "participle"
How can you tell whether a "ing-form" is a gerund or a present participle and a "ed"-form is passive voice or past participle?
For instance:
"I was caught doing something wrong" -> This is a participle, because you could modify "doing" with an adverb, such as "beautifully"?
"Are you loved?" -> This is a past participle, because the word "by" is missing or is this passive voice?
"Pretending to be a monder under a bed, is fun" -> Gerund, because it could work as a noun?!
"I am interested in buying a new car" -> interested = participle and buying = gerund?
I get very confused telling always the difference between the used grammar forms in english. (for example, I just wrote this sentence down, but I have no clue whether "telling" is a gerund or participle...) How important is it for learning proper english?
Thank you!
For instance:
"I was caught doing something wrong" -> This is a participle, because you could modify "doing" with an adverb, such as "beautifully"?
"Are you loved?" -> This is a past participle, because the word "by" is missing or is this passive voice?
"Pretending to be a monder under a bed, is fun" -> Gerund, because it could work as a noun?!
"I am interested in buying a new car" -> interested = participle and buying = gerund?
I get very confused telling always the difference between the used grammar forms in english. (for example, I just wrote this sentence down, but I have no clue whether "telling" is a gerund or participle...) How important is it for learning proper english?
Thank you!
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Anonymous "Pretending to be a monder under a bed , is fun" -> Gerund, because it could work as a noun?! Pretending is fun. " The comma is wrong.
- Anonymous "Pretending to be a monder under a bed , is fun" -> Gerund, because it could work as a noun?!
- Pretending is fun.
- " The comma is wrong.
- Anonymous "I am interested in buying a new car" -> interested = participle and buying = gerund?
- " When an -ing form functions in a sentence as a noun would (subject, complement, object), then it is called a gerund (traditional grammar terminology).
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Anonymous"Pretending to be a monder under a bed, is fun" -> Gerund, because it could work as a noun?!Pretending is fun. Pretending is the subject of the verb "is." The comma is wrong.
Anonymous"I am interested in buying a new car" -> interested = participle and buying
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