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| alex - 14th October 2005 23:58
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This strictly speaking is none of the above. It is the present progressive/continuous.
A gerund is: Doing that is stupid.
A present participle is: Doing my homework I was thoroughly bored.
And there's no way in hell I can use it as an adjective.
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| Youwot? - 21st November 2005 07:03
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| It's a present participle- the present progressive/continuous uses the auxiliary verb 'be' + present participle.
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| nevar111 - 12th November 2006 00:48
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| Yeah right---Alex. An ESL is going to know "present progressive/continuous". Get a life.
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| MikeC - 7th December 2006 10:07
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| Alex doesn't know what he is talking abut.
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| kristina - 18th April 2007 10:25
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| i was told that doing was an adjective in school
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| Dalriata - 21st April 2007 21:58
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| What's an 'ESL'..?
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| Leo Girard - 23rd September 2007 18:10
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| Gerunds and participles take the same form (usually ending in -ing). If it is used as a noun (Golfing is fun) it is called a gerund; if it is used in a verb phrase (I am not golfing today because it is raing) it is called a participle.
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