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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"It was nice meeting you or it was nice talking to you", What's the grammar?
I'm not sure about this thing, but it has been tormenting me for a while. I can't really understand the grammatical structure of it was nice meeting you.
I mean, if nice in itself is an adjective, ...
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"Mrs. Jones going to New York" vs "Mrs. Jones gone to New York"
I am giving two sentences below. Please get me clear. I am confused.
Mrs. Jones went to the New York.
Mr. Smith took up her position. This is the context.
If I join the two sentences ...
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using V-ing after When
Actually I'm doing a Grammar exercise that require me to identify mistake in a sentence. Here's the sentence:
(A)When hearing the weather forecast, we decide (B)not to go camping (C)in the (D) ...
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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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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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Relative clause and participle
I've never heard the following participial phrase, and it sounds unnatural to me:
Instead of
"There is no way that you are so tall."
one would write
"There is no way you being so ...
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Can we use participle clauses as adverbial modifiers?
Most of the time, participle clauses are used in sentences like the ones that I have written below (all of which feature present participles):
[1] Walking the dog, she breathed the fresh air.
[2] He ...
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To be left to + present participle
Is this a correct way to write? I mean using present participle extemporizing.
Too important to be left to
'extemporizing'
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present, past, passive and perfect participle usages
Which is correct grammatically?
Beaten severely, he died immediately. [past participle]
Having been beaten severely, he died immediately. [perfect participle)
I would like to put my understanding of ...
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Participle Phrases vs. Reduced Relative Clauses
I found this article about Participle Phrases, It's the first time I hear about them. I always thought they are all reduced relative clauses.
How do they differ from reduced relative clauses?
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How to tell whether ing forms are gerunds or participles
So I looked up the meanings of the word "former" and the descriptions were as follows :
Having previously been a particular thing.
Denoting the first or first mentioned of two people or things....
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"remove" vs "removing"
I saw this sentence in a book:
So I move this into the intermediate data structure, removing it from the parameter list.
I want to know whether it is equivalent to this sentence:
So I move this ...
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It is good of you to eat/be eating with us
To express gratitude to someone who is eating with my family right now, which one would I say?
It is good of you to eat with us.
It is good of you to be eating with us.
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She knocked my glasses flying and they fell on the floor
She knocked my glasses flying and they fell on the floor.
What is the function of the word 'flying' here? Does it describe the subject 'she' or the object 'my glasses'? Is it functioning as a gerund ...
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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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Does present participle without comma always modifies preceding noun or noun phrase?
When reading the newspaper, I came across this sentence:
Then, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) put out a detailed blog post
last week explaining how they believed Hermit was being used to target
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the majority heading to Europe
Are the following sentences equivalent in meaning? How do (b) and (c) differ in usage?
(a) Many Syrian people have been driven out of the country and the majority headed to Europe.
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Brian was released without charge this evening after being detained
Brian was released without charge this evening after being detained by police for about ten hours.
Brian was released without charge this evening, being detained by police for about ten hours.
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trouble/busy/at home/... doing something
I have a grammar question about the role of these bold "doing" in the below sentences and why they have "ing" form?
I am busy doing my homework.
I have trouble doing my homework.
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Paraphrasing "Peter was abandoned by his parents at an early age and took to stealing." to participles
From my homework about participles, I have to paraphrase this to participles but I don't know how to.
Peter was abandoned by his parents at an early age and took to stealing.
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"The met official has discarded possibility of the celcius breaching forty degree in coming days."
I can not understand how the ing form has been used in the sentence with breach? Is it the shortening form?
The met official has discarded possibility of the celcius breaching forty degree in coming ...
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Is sheltering in this sentence gerund or present participle
'Sheltering thieving juveniles causes harm to all' Can two present participles be used sequentially
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present participle vs past participle into the other forms
'I have an automatically moving toy car.'
moving car = car being moving
'I have a toy car moved by hand.'
moved car = car having been moved
Is it right?
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The word 'Surviving' in 'one of the the earliest surviving poems'
One of the earliest surviving Anglo Saxon poems, Widsith, is the autobiographical record of such a scop.
Here, Surviving is a Participle or a Gerund?
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the subject of "taking an endless pleasure "
Next to motherhood, sisterhood is what they value most, taking an endless pleasure in the daily, common place society of one another.
Isn't "sisterhood" the subject of the participle "...
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What does present participle "occurring throughout most of North America" modify?
Raccoons have a vast transcontinental distribution, occurring throughout most of North America and Central America. (From TOEFL)
Is the logic subject of "occuring" transcontinental ...
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a place filled/filling with fun
Is there any practical difference between "filling" and "filled" in the following?
John was staying at a place filled/filling with fun.
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"ing"-form after "while" / "during" question
I was wondering - when using "while" usually the "ing" form of a verb follows but what if the sentence continues?
Example:
While his friends are enjoying (1. ing) their vacation at the beach he ...
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present tense or present participle?
I created the following sentences:
Measure the speed of the uncoiled spring returning to its original
length.
Measure the speed at which the uncoiled spring returns(is returning) to
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done / having been done + once
Having been chased by street dogs once, he doesn't dare to take that path.
An example relating to "___ (tell) many times, he still made the same mistakes" form http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/...
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Is this participle correctly used?
Usually when a present participle is modifying a noun, that noun is the subject of the sentence. In this sentence, the modified noun, however, isn't the subject. The sentence sounds a little ...
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Does our arrangement of a sentence that has a participle clause in it, affect its meaning?
Q. So, what're you doing tomorrow?
A. I'll stay in watching the soccer match.
Now, if we rearranged the answerer's answer to I'll watch the soccer match staying in, would it mean the same as his ...
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Almost died laughing
Is this a set phrase? Can it be changed to laugh? Or does that sound weird?
Almost died laughing
Almost died laugh
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Begin the sentence with present participle
The captain won the toss. He elected to bat first.
Is it
Having won the toss the captain elected to bat first.
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Winning the toss the captain elected to bat first.
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determining present participle
Look at this example below
You kept me waiting.
Why 'waiting' is an example of a present participle? I have found a very decent explanation of participles and how to determine them here. But I am ...
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Confusion regarding a participle phrase (probably)
So, I was scrolling through my facebook news feed when I came across a status someone had put up that read "I get road rage walking behind people." .
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What is the difference between these sentences including present participle?
What is the difference between these sentences including present participle?
The running car has no batteries.
The car (which is) running has no batteries.
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the cop (who's) escorting him
One of the cops escorts Tim out of the house and toward a police car. Curious neighbors have gathered outside. Tim spits on the cop (who's) escorting him.
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