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Inadequacy is the subject of your sentence but there s no verb Everything you ve written describes what kind of inadequacy you re talking about but you don t say what it does or what it is An example of an action verb would be The inadequacy causes people to be angry The inadequacy makes the tax...

CB is it the all or is it the do Because you can say All you are doing is making me more angry by the second At least I think we can But that s you are making as present continuous and not a gerund Argh I get so confused myself at times

Neither of your answers fit but here is a correctly finished sentence with most of the phrases and words Despite his fondness for writing involved stories in which dying women are threatening evil villans his appealing children s stories are his staples Despite his fondness for writing gerund...

Hi quote user Anonymous Is it a rule that the auxiliary the past participle and the main verb are immediately after one another with no other words inbetween quote No such a rule does not exist quote user Anonymous For example Have you ever had the feeling that you re being followed This sentence...

when i teach the Present Continuous tense elemenentary level I usually ue these easy steps 1 Introduce review the Verb BE in it s different forms AM IS ARE Present Tense 2 Introduce revi Personal Pronouns I HE SHE IT WE YOU THEY 3 Explain expound the relationship of these two the verb BE and the...

For gerunds and participles see Post 437399 Present continuous and present progressive are two names for the same thing the tense made by combining a form of to be followed by an ing form of the verb e g are going were doing have been seeing etc CJ

Hi I have been to China twice Past Participle Used in several tenses like the present perfect Sometimes used as an adjective Studying history is a good way to waste your time Gerund A verb used as a noun Call me later I m busy I am burning a couple of grammar books Present continuous also called...

Hi everybody I have a few questions What s the difference between gerund past participle present continuous and present progressive Can you make me an example of each How do I recognize them to what question do they answer

Cool Breeze wrote 1 Leaving taps on and using too much water is very bad for the environment Easy 2 gerunds right Right 2 Everyone should be recycling rubbish Should is a modal auxiliary or a defective auxiliary as these verbs are also called It is always followed by an infinitive Be recycling...

1 Leaving taps on and using too much water is very bad for the environment Easy 2 gerunds right Right 2 Everyone should be recycling rubbish Should is a modal auxiliary or a defective auxiliary as these verbs are also called It is always followed by an infinitive Be recycling is a present...