His sister didn't help by crying out...

[emybb3]

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]

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.

 

[Rover_KE]

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