Re: Gerund with a past tense in the Subject Hi, gjo,
Sorry, I disagree. I think in get started get is a linking verb. Getting started can be part of a predicate, eg
We are getting started,
the predicate being are getting started. Here getting is a Present Participle.
In your original sentence, as you said, it is a subject- I mean these two words form the subject in the shape of a gerund.
I wish some knowledgeable people joined in.
Rgs |