| From: | Bryan Maloney <bjm10@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, February 25, 2002, 15:40 |
>hmm...'eating' appears to be the present participle, the verb is 'is'. So >the answer is: neither. On the other hand, the verb 'is' is more tricky to >say or not.No, "is eating" is the present continuant of "eat". In this case "is" is not a verb but is a grammatical particle. --