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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
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What part of speech is "living"
We can't call lying in bed living.
I can tell that "living" is an objective complement, not knowing whether it has the force of an adjective or a noun.
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anonymous What part of speech is "living"? We can't call lying in bed living. It's a verb, but it's acting as if it were a noun.
- anonymous What part of speech is "living"?
- We can't call lying in bed living.
- It's a verb, but it's acting as if it were a noun.
- It's a gerund.
- CJ
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anonymous What part of speech is "living"?
We can't call lying in bed living.
It's a verb, but it's acting as if it were a noun. It's a gerund.
CJ
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anonymousWe can't call lying in bed living.
Is "living" a complement of "lying in bed"?
(I think it is. I take it as analogous to, for example, You can't call John a rascal where "a rascal" is a complement of "John".)
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