 Re: Gerund with a past tense in the Subject
Thank you, Humble, for such a detailed, thoughtful reply. However, I still have a problem.
l. You stipulate that a past participle cannot be a predicate
2. That it must follow either an auxiliary verb or a linking verb.
Okay, in the title, "Getting Started" that I originally asked about, started neither follows an auxiliary verb nor a linking verb. It appears to me that "started" (used in this example) could still qualify for being the predicate in this case. I understand getting to be a gerund being used as the subject.
Hope you can get me straightened out on this. Thanks |