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Anewcomer wrote:Hi Teachers I came across this sentence in a story book: He had stood upon his balcony and contemplated throwing himself down to the street. Why it's not like this: He had stood upon his balcony and contemplated to throw himself down to the street And what is the...

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...

Anonymous wrote:Hi, quick question: In the sentence that follows, what part of speech/ tense (gerund, present progressive...) or grammatical role (subject, verb) is "loving" and why? Furthermore, what grammatical role is "someone" and why? Essentially, what do you make of this sentence? It...

User_gary wrote: I have learnt that (--`ing' form can be used in three forms) I am playing football. So, I think `--ing' form can be used in three forms acting like (verb, adjective, noun). Am I right? Yes.

I have learnt that (--`ing' form can be used in three forms) I am playing football. So, I think `--ing' form can be used in three forms acting like (verb, adjective, noun). Am I right?

I don't think I've ever read anywhere that 'my' is a possessive pronoun. Modern grammatical analysis argues that both possessive pronouns and adjectives are possessive determiners. The classification by grammarians of linguistic features is their domain; ours as educators is to clarify the...

I want to know if the following sentences are correct, taking into account the use of frequency adverbs (usually, sometimes,....) and the relative pronouns (when,....) Here I go with the sentences: When I SEE him, we always GO to a pub We usually MEET when we Go to work What happen with...

Ruslana wrote:Hello, Jay, are you sure the verb "continue" can be used in the progressive form? I hesitate...I was tricked!! I focused at the two options given for the answer and that was "Present Progressive" and "Present Perfect Progressive". It didn't make me think much about the use of...

Hly2004 wrote:I don't know wether it is a rule or not. It's not. It's a matter of usage and style. Hly2004 wrote: for example: "He nodded excitedly" and "He nodded in excitement" ,the latter sounds much better for me.and the same feeling exits ,For example:My point is the...

“Being” can be used in four ways: 1. In a progressive tense as the present participle of the verb “be”. 2. In present participial phrases. 3. As a gerund. 4. As a noun. Here it is used in the present progressive tense: He is being stupid. The above implies that he is not stupid all the time,...