Posted by mysterychicken on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 6:17pm.
Your first and third answers are wrong.
Please study participial and gerund phrases again.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/01/
So #3 = gerund phrase
And #1 = participial phrase
Is that it?
Thanks
-MC
Yes. But I'm disturbed because you obviously didn't take the time to study these kinds of phrases.
They're confusing :(
-MC
Do you know the difference between a participial phrase and a gerund phrase? What does your book say?
What does the site I posted for you say?
A gerund is a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun.
A participle is a verbal that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed
-MC
Right. So -- tell the difference you look to see how the phrase is functioning. If it describes a noun or pronoun, it's used as an adjective and is a participle.
If it is the subject or object, then it's acting as a noun and is a gerund.
Mkay,I'll remember that. thanks
-MC
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