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GERUNDS AND PARTICIPLES

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Reply Tue 5 Jan, 2010 09:36 am
JOE WAS KNOWN FOR TRYING TOO HARD. IS trying too hard A GERUND, OPPOSITIVE,INFINITIVE, PARTICIPLE
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Reply Tue 5 Jan, 2010 09:52 am
@belk128251,
"Trying too hard" is a phrase. "Trying" is a gerund in that phrase, because it functions as a noun.

Joe's trying too hard has made him known -noun
Joe is known because he is always trying too hard -verb
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