User_gary  +  312938 Tue, 09 Jan 07 05:59 AM I am eating oranges everyday in the morning. Here `eating' is adjective (i.e. past participle) or noun (i.e. Gerund)? User_gary Joined on Fri, Jan 5 2007 Senior Member 2,574 Honesty is the best policy Nouns, Gerunds

	Philip  +  312942 Tue, 09 Jan 07 06:32 AM  User_gary wrote: I am eating oranges everyday in the morning. Here `eating' is adjective (i.e. past participle) or noun (i.e. Gerund)? What you have is the present continuous tense.....and it really should be "I eat oranges every day....." Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Nouns, Tenses, Gerunds, Present Continuous

	User_gary  +  312981 Tue, 09 Jan 07 10:42 AM  Philip wrote:  User_gary wrote: I am eating oranges everyday in the morning. Here `eating' is adjective (i.e. past participle) or noun (i.e. Gerund)? What you have is the present continuous tense.....and it really should be "I eat oranges every day....." OK, Thank you. Let consider this, I like eating oranges. I think here eating is present participle. But can we say it is an `adjetive' User_gary Nouns, Tenses, Gerunds, Present Continuous

	Philip  +  313106 Tue, 09 Jan 07 04:31 PM  User_gary wrote:  Philip wrote:  User_gary wrote: I am eating oranges everyday in the morning. Here `eating' is adjective (i.e. past participle) or noun (i.e. Gerund)? What you have is the present continuous tense.....and it really should be "I eat oranges every day....." OK, Thank you. Let consider this, I like eating oranges. I think here eating is present participle. But can we say it is an `adjetive' Here it is the gerund form of the verb, used as a noun.  "Eating oranges" is a noun phrase serving as the direct object of the verb 'like'. Philip Nouns, Verbs, Tenses, Direct Objects, Noun Phrases, Gerunds, Present Continuous

	KickingCat  +  313234 Tue, 09 Jan 07 11:10 PM I like eating oranges  (there are two verbs in the sentence, but we're not discussing clause elements here) shouldn't be the aspect progressive as well or am I wrong? The tense is present anyway... KickingCat Joined on Fri, Aug 4 2006 Sweden New Member 42 I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception. - Groucho Marx Verbs, Tenses, Clauses

	spinnaker  +  313236 Tue, 09 Jan 07 11:21 PM I'm not sure, but I thought the most time when you use like there's an -ing Form (like +ing) I like going, playing, singing, dancing, reading, starting but if you use would + like then the infinitive follows: I'd like to go to ... please correct me, if I'm wrong! spinnaker Joined on Sat, Apr 23 2005 Regular Member 767

	MrPedantic  +  313247 Tue, 09 Jan 07 11:46 PM  KickingCat wrote: I like eating oranges  (there are two verbs in the sentence, but we're not discussing clause elements here) shouldn't be the aspect progressive as well or am I wrong? The tense is present anyway... I would agree with Philip: the tense is present simple ("like"), while "eating" is a gerund (the object of "like"). MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris... Verbs, Tenses, Clauses, Gerunds, Present Simple

	MrPedantic  +  313248 Tue, 09 Jan 07 11:51 PM  Spinnaker wrote: I'm not sure, but I thought the most time when you use like there's an -ing Form (like +ing) I like going, playing, singing, dancing, reading, starting but if you use would + like then the infinitive follows: I'd like to go to ... please correct me, if I'm wrong! Hello Spin Both forms are possible: 1. I like to go fishing. 2. I like going fishing. To my ears, #1 presents fishing as a whole action, while #2 presents it as an action in progress. However, not all native speakers would agree. 3. I would like to go fishing. #3 presents a wish or a hope. All the best, MrP MrPedantic

	User_gary  +  313300 Wed, 10 Jan 07 04:35 AM  MrPedantic wrote:  KickingCat wrote: I like eating oranges  (there are two verbs in the sentence, but we're not discussing clause elements here) shouldn't be the aspect progressive as well or am I wrong? The tense is present anyway... I would agree with Philip: the tense is present simple ("like"), while "eating" is a gerund (the object of "like"). MrP Thank you everybody especially phillip eating is a gerund that I understood from your explanation. then, can we say oranges is object complement or subject complement or something. User_gary Verbs, Tenses, Clauses, Gerunds, Present Simple