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** and thereby is not acting grammatically like a verb (it is acting like an adjective, adverb, or noun instead) | ** and thereby is not acting grammatically like a verb (it is acting like an adjective, adverb, or noun instead) | ||
*** even though the verb may not be acting like a verb, it still retains its sense of action or state of existence | *** even though the verb may not be acting like a verb, it still retains its sense of action or state of existence | ||
**** thus it retains its "verbiness" | **** thus it retains its "verbiness," or sense or indication of an action | ||
***** even though there is no direct "actor" causing the action (subject) | |||
== Getting started: an example == | == Getting started: an example == | ||
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'''Participle''' = present continuous (-ing) or simple past (-ed) tense of a verb | '''Participle''' = present continuous (-ing) or simple past (-ed) tense of a verb | ||
* can be a finite or non-finite verb | |||
* called “participle” because it is a verb form that “participates” (takes “part”) in different Parts of Speech ( | |||
** i.e. a verb that can be a verb, adjective or noun | |||
== Non-finite verb forms: == | == Non-finite verb forms: == | ||
* '''present participle = -''ing''''' | |||
** = an adjective (“present participle adjective”) or | |||
** = a noun (“gerund”) | |||
*** a gerund is a "present participle adjective" | |||
**** sometimes called "verb noun" | |||
* '''past participle = ''-ed''''' | |||
· = an adjective (“past participle adjective”) | · = an adjective (“past participle adjective”) | ||