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    Preposition / adverb

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    Preposition / adverb
    Message from dangkhoa posted on 06-11-2012 at 08:55:01 (D | E | F)
    Hello,

    Could you help me please?
    'keep on' is a phrasal verb. It is an intransitive verb. Of course, it can't take an object.
    But the ing-form verb is used after it as in 'stop keeping on troubling him'.
    I don't know what function 'troubling' is. Is 'troubling' a present participle or a gerund?
    Thank you very much.

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    Edited by lucile83 on 06-11-2012 09:20


    Re: Preposition / adverb from gerondif, posted on 11-11-2012 at 22:45:35 (D | E)
    Hello,

    start working,
    go on working,
    keep on working, keep on with your work, with your usual activity (so it can take an object)
    stop working.
    the ing forms are gerunds.




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