gerund or past participle

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	User_gary  #336246  Tue, 06 Mar 07 08:05 AM I saw a girl carrying a basket of flowes. Here the word `carrying' is past participle or gerund? I think Gerund. Am I right? Please tell me.    User_gary Joined on Fri, Jan 5 2007 India Senior Member (2,402) Honesty is the best policy
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	pieanne  #336327  Tue, 06 Mar 07 03:00 PM I don't think it's either. I'd say it's a present participle    pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member (7,512) I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...
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	Cool Breeze  #336330  Tue, 06 Mar 07 03:03 PM "I saw a girl carrying a basket of flowers." Carrying is a present participle in your sentence. CB    Cool Breeze Joined on Fri, Apr 7 2006 Helsinki, Finland Senior Member (2,849) The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.- Mark Twain
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	Cool Breeze  #336331  Tue, 06 Mar 07 03:04 PM Good timing, pieanne! CB    Cool Breeze
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	User_gary  #336337  Tue, 06 Mar 07 03:12 PM  Cool Breeze wrote: "I saw a girl carrying a basket of flowers." Carrying is a present participle in your sentence. CB Thank you. Since present participle is adjective, I think it modifies the noun (girl). Am I right?    User_gary
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	pieanne  #336340  Tue, 06 Mar 07 03:14 PM It's "I saw a girl (who was) carrying ..."    pieanne
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	pieanne  #336342  Tue, 06 Mar 07 03:15 PM  Cool Breeze wrote: Good timing, pieanne! CB Cheers!     pieanne
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	Cool Breeze  #336343  Tue, 06 Mar 07 03:18 PM  User_gary wrote: Since present participle is adjective, I think it modifies the noun (girl). Am I right? There are different ways to look at this. I regard carrying as a present participle used as a relative clause equivalent in your sentence. In other words, it could read: I saw a girl who/that was carrying flowers. The subject (who or that) and was have been omitted. In some contexts the sentence could actually be even: I saw a girl who/that carried flowers. CB    Cool Breeze
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	Anonymous  #344585  Wed, 28 Mar 07 04:23 PM It is 'present participle'. Gerund is used like a 'noun'.    Anonymous
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