Questions tagged [present-participles]
The Present Participle is a Verb used as an Adjective. It is formed by adding the suffix -ing to the infinitive form of the Verb.
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We saw a burglar climb/ climbing our wall?
Which is the correct way to call and report the incident to 112 ?
We saw a burglar climb or climbing our wall?
We see a burglar climb or climbing our wall?
I found that either bare infinitive or ...
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Have + object + Bare Inf
I have a question about the difference between
My boss had me work hard.
and
My boss had me working hard.
Some linguists I talked to previously said that they both mean almost the same, but the ...
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Non finite verbs - bare infinitive and present participle
Choose the correct non finite verb. Consider the two examples
The inspector saw the robber escape/ escaping on a bicycle.
We hear the choir practise/ practising in the hall.
I think in the first ...
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what is the difference between "detail" and "detailing"?
I am an English language learner ,So please forgive me for some errors in expression.
I am confused about the noun meaning of "detail" and "detailing". These two words give me a ...
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Use of 'analyzing ' as participle or gerund
This is excerpt from a sentence in "Word power made easy by Norman lewis book" of session 1 page no.28.
"You are unable to realize that other people do not spend as much time and energy ...
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How to use a present participle as an adjective? Is "a boy coming from N.Y." correct?
"Tom is a boy who lives in N.Y.," can be rephrased as "Tom is a boy living in N.Y.," right?
What about this statement?
"Tom is a boy who comes from N.Y."
Can it be ...
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I'm happy returning home
I'm happy to return home.
I'm happy returning home.
What do sentences 1) and 2) mean?
a) Have I already returned home? Or,
b) Am I on my way back home? Or,
c) Will I return home soon?
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Is the present participle phrase correctly used to establish cause and effect relationship?
She brought fourteen children to term and lost four of them, leaving her with ten kids who ranged in age from Anne, who was twenty, to Billy and Jim, the sweet-eyed twins, who were six.
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Gerund POS classification [duplicate]
Following up on my previous question I am trying to find the proper parts of speech (POS) Tag for "Hiking interest rates" and "Cutting interest rates" in the context of the ...
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I want to know the meaning of "a sentence with present participle"?
There are many people wishing to visit the temple.
If I rephrase this sentence like :—
There are many people who wish to visit the temple.
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There are many people who are wishing to visit the ...
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Is "doing" in "I'm the first woman doing it" a gerund or A participle?
For all the time everybody has been alive in this country, when they thought of the prime minister, they thought of a man in a suit. I’m the first woman doing it; I’m the first person not to be that ...
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usage of 'Having to'
A sentence from a high school textbook :
'Originally, matches on Boxing Day were played against local rivals to avoid teams and their fans having to travel long distances after Christmas Day.'
What is ...
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have someone come or coming?
In the following, should "come" or "coming" be used? If only "come" is correct, why?
The first sentence comes from a news story relating to the oldest dog in the world.
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Confused about the functions of the V+ING form
I found an Arabic sentence in a text about corporate social responsibility and I translated it as:
Shouldering corporate social responsibility results in increasing profits and eliminating disputes ...
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a sound like rats scrabbling on the other side of the wall
a sound like rats scrabbling on the other side of the wall
'scrabbling' is a present participle or gerund?
In the aspects of structural grammar, both forms are correct.
My question arises from the ...
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