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Tue 29 Jan, 2008 08:16 am
Guides for practicing classical guitar
Is the word in bold a gerund or a participle?
Many thanks.
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Yoong Liat wrote:Guides for practicing classical guitar
Is the word in bold a gerund or a participle?
Many thanks.
i'm not sure, but here are the applicable definitions --
[URL=http://www.answers.com/participle&r=67]Answers.com[/URL] wrote:participle:
A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective, as the past participle baked in We had some baked beans, and is used with an auxiliary verb to indicate tense, aspect, or voice, as the past participle baked in the passive sentence The beans were baked too long.
[URL=http://www.answers.com/gerund&r=67]Answers.com[/URL] wrote:gerund:
1. In Latin, a noun derived from a verb and having all case forms except the nominative.
2. In other languages, a verbal noun analogous to the Latin gerund, such as the English form ending in -ing when used as a noun, as in singing in We admired the choir's singing.
We write practising
gerund, here.
Hi Mc Tag
What part of speech is 'practising' in the sentence I provided?
It is both. It is quite common for a gerund to serve as both a noun and a verb, as explained
here.
McTag wrote:Yoong Liat wrote:Hi Mc Tag
What part of speech is 'practising' in the sentence I provided?
I told you.
My apologies. I missed seeing the words 'gerund, here.'
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