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What part of speech is "went" in...

Hello Everyone,

For my expository writing class in college we were asked to go research what part of speech the word "went" takes on in the sentence (since the whole class was stumped):

I went jogging.

Thanks in advance for your assistance! Jason
  

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[/nq] Here is what the Collins Cobuild Dictionary of English for Advanced Learners says: went went Went is the past tense of go. (c) HarperCollins Publishers. Just for everyone's edification, (quote) Fort Wayne Campus of Taylor University: an interndenominational, ...

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  • [/nq] Here is what the Collins Cobuild Dictionary of English for Advanced Learners says: went went Went is the past tense of go.
  • (c) HarperCollins Publishers.
  • Just for everyone's edification, (quote) Fort Wayne Campus of Taylor University: an interndenominational, ...
  • The Fort Wayne campus of Taylor University (an interdenominational, Christian university) is set within the bustling city of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
  • (/quote) Read and weep.
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The inimitable (Email Removed) (Jason Lange) stated on 07 Sep 2003:
[nq:1]Hello Everyone, For my expository writing class in college we were asked to go research what part of speech the word "went" takes on in the sentence (since the whole class was stumped): I went jogging.[/nq]
Here is what the Collins Cobuild Dictionary of English for Advanced Learners says:

went went W
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The key to understanding this sentence is that jogging is a gerund, not a verb. Therefore "went" is the simple past of the verb "to go".
[nq:1]I went jogging.[/nq]
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