
10-Jan-2008, 05:56
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Re: I am very confusing with gerund and infinitive and participles 1. Committing (~ gerund ~ verb-noun)suicide is often on the minds of increasing (~ present participle functioning as an adjective ~ verbal adjective)numbers of depressed people who are under medical supervision but not taking (~ present participle, together with ‘are’ forming the present continuous tense) medication. 2. To avoid (infinitive ~ verb-noun) trouble for not doing (~ gerund taking ‘homework’ as its object) his homework on time, Peter decided he could attend class the following (~ present participle functioning as an adjective qualifying the noun ‘day’) day but not that evening (~ noun). 3. For staff selling (~ present participle functioning as an adjective qualifying the noun ‘real estate’) real estate in a declining (~ present participle functioning as an adjective qualifying the noun ‘economy’) economy, a common condition is feeling (~ present participle, together with ‘is’ forming the present continuous tense) stressed-out most of the time. |