gerund-participle
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The form of an English verb that ends in -ing and can function as a noun, an adjective,…
The form of an English verb that ends in -ing and can function as a noun, an adjective, or a progressive verb.
- Near-synonyms: (in other operational definitions) gerund, present participle
- The gerund-participle ¶ Traditionally (for example, in the grammar of Latin), a gerund is a verb-form that is functionally similar to a noun, whereas a participle is one that is functionally similar to an adjective.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for gerund-participle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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