Re: USAGE: "Laughingly":What part of speech is it?
| From: | Orjan Johansen <oerjan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 5, 1998, 16:46 |
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On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Robin Turner wrote:
> On the other hand, "true" gerunds, like "The Shining" are somewhat
> different, being a kind of abstraction of an event, rather than a
> slice of an event (progressive) or a property derived from an event
> (adjectival use).
In the movie itself, it is a present participle... I also thought that
was a gerundive until I saw the movie (on TV).
Greetings,
=D8rjan.
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