@philosophyexp Eg, "knowing" in your tweet.
What the hell's a gerund when it's at home!? This is what happens when you leave school at 16... you end up not knowing about gerunds. Tsk!
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@mollydot@PhilosophyExp Think knowing in tweet is participle. gerund is participle used as noun. My knowing about... My understanding is... -
@johnthejack@mollydot I think you're right. So what's a participle when it's at home (that's a serious question - I don't know!)? :) -
@PhilosophyExp@mollydot It's form of a verb: sitting is present participle sat is past participle -
@johnthejack@mollydot Ah ha! Thanks! Hopefully I'll remember that. :) -
@PhilosophyExp@mollydot Sure. Difficulty is spotting gerund as have to work out whether used as participle or as gerund -
@johnthejack@PhilosophyExp Very confused,cos to me participles are the little words used in Japanese instead of prepositions & to mark case -
@mollydot@PhilosophyExp I don't know any Japanese, but is it possible those are ''particles''? http://japanese.about.com/blparticles.htm - 4 more replies
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@philosophyexp I think it's -ing words.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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