• In linguistics, a participle (from Latin participium 'a sharing, partaking'; abbr. PTCP) is a nonfinite verb form that has some of the characteristics...
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  • modifier (also known as a hanging, unattached, illogical or dangling participle) is a type of ambiguous grammatical construct whereby a grammatical modifier...
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  • Gerund (redirect from Fused participle)
    Traditional grammar makes a distinction within -ing forms between present participles and gerunds, a distinction that is not observed in such modern grammars...
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    -ing (redirect from Gerund–participle)
    inflected forms of English verbs. This verb form is used as a present participle, as a gerund, and sometimes as an independent noun or adjective. The suffix...
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  • are some verbs with irregular past participles. There are also verbs with both regular and irregular participles, in which the irregular form is most...
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  • The Ancient Greek participle is a non-finite nominal verb form declined for gender, number and case (thus, it is a verbal adjective) and has many functions...
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  • [citation needed] In English, nonfinite verbs include infinitives, participles and gerunds. Nonfinite verb forms in some other languages include converbs...
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    Latin perfect tense. It is formed using an auxiliary verb and the past participle of a verb. In British teaching of French, the passé composé is usually...
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    preterite), a past participle (which may be the same as the past tense), and a form ending in -ing that serves as a present participle and gerund. Most...
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    Pasture (from the Latin pastus, past participle of pascere, "to feed") is land used for grazing. Pasture lands in the narrow sense are enclosed tracts...
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