"present" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The gerund is formed similarly to the present active participle.
- For example, the present participle interesting and the adjective interesting look the same.
- The term mordant comes from the present participle of French mordre, "to bite".
- The present participle is used to a much lesser extent than in English.
- The present participle can never substitute for a finite verb.
- Or as a present participle, as in "How long are we going to be enduring this freedom?"
- The present participle has the same form as the infinitive: maken is either "to make" or "making".
- Sensing is the present participle of the verb sense.
- Starting said fragments with a verb in the present participle tense.
- The present participle and the gerundive are both invariable; that is, they do not change form to agree with any other part of a sentence.
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