To: rhema
Participles belong to a class called "verbals, and they're always used as adjectives.Hey, Friend. I think you've got a case of indefinite pronoun reference for that underlined pronoun above. Participles are always used as adjectives; another verbal, gerund, is not.
66 posted on
02/24/2007 12:26:33 PM PST by
Carolinamom
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To: Carolinamom
Hey, Friend. I think you've got a case of indefinite pronoun reference for that underlined pronoun above. Participles are always used as adjectives; another verbal, gerund, is not. Thanks for pointing out my vague antecedent reference. Infinitives, also verbals, may be used as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.
74 posted on
02/24/2007 12:31:58 PM PST by
rhema
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