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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Why can we use *waiting* (present participle) with *grew* (past simple)?
Why can we use waiting (present participle) with grew (past simple)?
The children, waiting for the play to begin, grew bored.
Sentence is from Participial Phrase Worksheet at Sinclair.edu.
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Use of -ing after while
In the following two sentences, there is -ing after while:
While exploring the paths of program, we established a natural
partitioning of paths on-the-fly based on program dependencies -
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Which tense should be used after "once"?
Which of the following is correct?
I will update you once I reached my home.
I will update you once I reach my home.
I will update you after I reaching my home.
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Can 'make' have 'having fluttered' as its objective complement?
Even though grammar books says ‘make’ don’t have present participle as its objective complement; this sentence “The potion makes the moths having fluttered and all dead” seems to be not ungrammatical. ...
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Gerund & participle: "She stormed out, 'slamming' the door so hard that the mirror fell off the wall"
She stormed out, slamming the door so hard that the mirror fell off the wall.
As fa as I know, in Italian language slamming functions as a gerund there, but, very often—as it could be the case ...
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When do we double the consonant before '-ing' affix?
My son is learning how to spell. He is doing a good job listening to sounds and working out spelling that way (which doesn't work for many words, but at least a lot of common ones), but although he's ...
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