E emybb3 New member Joined Mar 9, 2016 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Mar 9, 2016 #1 In this sentence is crying a gerund or a participle? His sister didn't help by crying out, "Mom's coming to see how your room looks!"
In this sentence is crying a gerund or a participle? His sister didn't help by crying out, "Mom's coming to see how your room looks!"
Matthew Wai VIP Member Joined Nov 29, 2013 Member Type Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China Mar 10, 2016 #2 Re: Crying: gerund or participle? www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-gerunds_2.htm Having read the above, I consider it a gerund because it is used after 'by', a preposition.
Re: Crying: gerund or participle? www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-gerunds_2.htm Having read the above, I consider it a gerund because it is used after 'by', a preposition.
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Mar 10, 2016 #3 Welcome to the forum, emmybb3. I have changed your thread title. Extract from the Posting Guidelines: 'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'
Welcome to the forum, emmybb3. I have changed your thread title. Extract from the Posting Guidelines: 'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'