Re: USAGE: "Laughingly":What part of speech is it?

De: Gerald Koenig <jlk@...>
Fecha: Viernes 2 de Octubre de 1998 17:11

>I'd like to know a little more about the grammar of a gerund that is
>changed into an adverb . I'm going to make a gender changer that changes
>a root or infinitive verb to a corresponding adverb for vector tense.
>I want to say things like,
>
>He goes walkingly to the store.
>
>Obviously this isn't great english, but for some reason,
>
>He said laughingly that he didn't mean it.
>
>seems ok.
>
>Any information about these  gerund-adverbs would help me.
>Thanks,
>
>Jerry
>
Is not the gerund an adverb.  At least in both the English I know and in
Spanish the gerund acts as an adverb.  The present or active participe, by
other way, is an adjective.  In English there is no morfological difference
between the active participe and the gerund (the -ing form).

If gerund is an adverb, then wakingly is the adverbation of an adverb.

... hmmmm...

-- Carlos Th