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quote user Eddie88 is the word bringing a gerund quote An ing form of a verb can be a gerund or a present participle It depends on how it is used in a sentence If it acts like a noun it s a gerund otherwise it s a participle It s a participle in your example Here s an example where it s a gerund...

Wow you know your stuff Thanks When you refer to a participle clause like in my sentence it is still a phrase though correct A phrase can be a phrase when it lacks either a verb or a subject OR both correct And is the word bringing a gerund which is making it a non finite clause which is why the...

infinitive phrases always begin with to and a verb prepositional phrases begin with a preposition and has a direct object at the end gerund phrases end in ingparticipial phrases end in ed or ingappositive phrases are always in commas and give information about the subject most likely

Yes it is a participial phrase since it begins with the present participle These phrases can function as adjectives or adverbs If it functions as a noun the phrase is called a gerund phrase It is easier to write a sentence with a dangling participial phrase if the phrase functions as an adjective...

Due to is a preposition so the first clause should be a prepositional phrase remember that you can t use modals in prepositional phrases so you will have to change cannot to not be able to The verb in the clause needs to be in gerund form You need a comma after the prepositional phrase not a...

Hi 1 Attentively he looks at each picture in the huge photo album to search for a familiar face that he can vaguely remember 2 Attentively he looks at each picture in the huge photo album searching for a familiar face that he can vaguely remember You wrote I wouldn t disagree with your suggestion...

The structure you re asking about contains a FOR TO clause like this basic structure IT IS WAS not easy hard difficult pleasant exciting FOR subject TO verb Of course these are the subject and verb of the FOR TO clause not the subject and verb of the sentence 1 Basic structure It is easy for me...

Hello this is my first post here I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone if it s what kind of noun it s proper noun or abstract noun or etc After that I want to indentify the part of speech of the following sentence by using the stanford...

Takchi_l wrote Please explain me the grammatical rule 1 The president s speaking remarks always come across much more powerfully than his published reports ricky The president s speaking remarks always come across much more powerful than his published reports Wrong powerfully is an adverb...

But we do each get a Christmas hamper full of adverbs prepositions gerunds and comma splices Though I m sorry to say there was a dangling modifier in mine last year Office Services please note Please explain the highlighted group of words or rephrase the sentences I have alreadly seen meanings...