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    Participle / gerund

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    Participle / gerund
    Message from dangkhoa posted on 28-03-2013 at 08:42:03 (D | E | F)
    Hello,

    Could you help me please?

    After the verb "spend", we use "(pro)noun + ing-form verb for example:
    They spent more than one week travelling around.
    I don't know whether travelling is a participle or gerund.
    Thank you for your answers.

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    Edited by lucile83 on 28-03-2013 11:57
    Travelling
    Traveling



    Re: Participle / gerund from lucile83, posted on 01-04-2013 at 09:15:37 (D | E)
    Hello,

    I'd say 'travelling' is a gerund here.
    See &1
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    Re: Participle / gerund from catweazle, posted on 13-04-2013 at 10:52:39 (D | E)
    Wow! Tricky question.

    Personally, I'd go for a participle (sorry, Lucille) - if not that a gerundive, rather than a gerund.

    The reason I think it's a participle is that it would take an adverb as a descriptor. "I was travelling slowly" rather than "I was travelling slow".

    (But I'm just an English speaker, not a grammarian or someone who's actually studied English)





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