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[EnglishLanguage 3956] Re: past progressive
Martin Senger
MSenger at GECAC.orgThu Feb 26 14:46:28 EST 2009
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Pax et bonum Stephen! (peace & goodness)
I would say the "-ing" form of a verb is the present participle, which
is a noun. When used in other ways, it can be part of a verb phrase or
an adjective.
Just my two-cents worth!
Martin E. Senger
Adult ESL / Civics Teacher,
G.E.C.A.C. / The R. Benjamin Wiley Learning Center
Erie, Pa.
Co-Director,
ESL Special Interest Group
Pa. Assoc. for Adult Continuing Education (PAACE)
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churchville
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:37 PM
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Subject: [EnglishLanguage 3955] Re: past progressive
Thanks for all the replies. I am training a parser with a large corpus
and theprogram flags that particular stucture ("Nelly and Francois
chatted as I gazed lazily out the window, daydreaming and ignoring their
conversation.") regularly.
Several different explainations seemed equally convincing, but for the
machine interpretation I think designating "daydreaming and gazing" as
present participle adjectives will work best.
Stephen J Churchville
www.LessonWriter.com <http://www.lessonwriter.com/>
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