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Can a present-participle (compound) verb which could function as an adjective be further modified with -ly become an adverb?
For example, if the height of an platform is such as to be sickness-inducing, then could the platform be said to be sickness-inducingly high?
Or take the example of mind-boggling -> mind-bogglingly....
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Is it Gerund or adjective?
I don't understand the function of "coming" word in the sentence below.
... as they weigh the scale of monetary easing coming later this
month.
Is it working as a gerund? and if so, why is it in ...
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Present Participle versus Gerund
I was taught that the Present Continuous is formed using the Gerund, but that you call it the Present Participle. Even though these two forms look exactly alike in English, in other languages they do ...
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Is "running" a gerund or a participial adjective?
An enlightening experiment
Google Books yields only 39 results, and instead asks me if I wanted to say “an enlightening experience”, and eagerly shows an impressive 10,000 results when I click on ...
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What is the function of "doing" in "when doing something"?
Can anyone please explain if "doing" in "When doing something" is a base+ing verbal, or a present participle used as a verb in an elliptical sentence, or something else entirely.
Here's an example of ...
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