Gerund or Participle ?

[ahmadizat]

Students go to school every day, gaining knowledge and meeting frinds.

-Gaining and meeting: gerund or participle ?

-How would the meaning differ if the comma was substituted with a semicolon ? :

Students go to school every day; gaining knowledge and meeting frinds.

[beascarpetta]

Originally Posted by ahmadizat

Students go to school every day, gaining knowledge and meeting friends.

participles,both of them

This sentence wouldn't make any sense at all with an additional semi-colon

hope this helps

[ahmadizat]

I still need another answer to how it could differ if the comma was substituted(swapped) with a semicolon. :

Students go to school every day; gaining knowledge and meeting friends.

[Soup]

Originally Posted by ahmadizat

I still need another answer to how it could differ if the comma was substituted(swapped) with a semicolon. :

Students go to school every day; gaining knowledge and meeting friends.

It's ungrammatical. Try,

Ex: Students go to school every day. They gain knowledge and meet friends.

Ex: Students go to school every day (in order) to gain knowledge and meet friends.

[tzfujimino]

Originally Posted by Soup

It's ungrammatical. Try,

Ex: Students go to school every day. They gain knowledge and meet friends.

Ex: Students go to school every day (in order) to gain knowledge and meet friends.

I'm really sorry to barge in.
How do you use semi-colon?

Thank you.

[beascarpetta]

Originally Posted by tzfujimino

How do you use semi-colons?

Semi-colons do not have as many uses as colons, but they are sometimes used instead of a full-stop to balance two sentences or clauses which are closely related in meaning,such as, for example

Some people do their best work early in the morning ;
others perform best late at night.

hope this helps.

[tzfujimino]

Originally Posted by beascarpetta

Semi-colons do not have as many uses as colons, but they are sometimes used instead of a full-stop to balance two sentences or clauses which are closely related in meaning,such as, for example

Some people do their best work early in the morning ;

others perform best late at night.

hope this helps.

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