Re: USAGE: "Laughingly":What part of speech is it?
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, October 4, 1998, 1:43 |
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On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Raymond A. Brown wrote:
> >Is not the gerund an adverb. At least in both the English I know and in
> >Spanish the gerund acts as an adverb.
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> In Spanish it is but in English it is a noun, cf.
> Smoking is forbidden. [Subject of 'is']
> I liked staying there. [Object of verb 'liked']
> That box is for putting waste paper in. [Governed by the preposition 'for']
You're right, I correct my remark: the gerund is a noun, but participles,
both past and present, are generally adjectives in English. I had thought
Carlos was remarking about participles. Sorry.
Sally
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