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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:01 am
Post subject: A question from a learner |
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Hi,
I was wondering, with the sentence:
"I hurt my knee playing tennis."
what type of verb is "playing"? Is it a gerund? Is it a shorthand for
"while playing"?
Any help will be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Michael
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baldycotton
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:05 pm
Post subject: Re: A question from a learner |
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On 27 Oct 2005 22:18:14 -0700, dayzman@hotmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | "I hurt my knee playing tennis."
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Simply poor grammer.
Graucho Marx said, "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How
he got into my pajamas, I'll never know."
If I observed my knee playing tennis, I'd probably just give it a good
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Mike Lyle
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:12 pm
Post subject: Re: A question from a learner |
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baldycotton wrote:
| Quote: | On 27 Oct 2005 22:18:14 -0700, dayzman@hotmail.com wrote:
"I hurt my knee playing tennis."
Simply poor grammer.
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Simply perfectly good grammar.
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Mike.
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Adrian Bailey
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:25 pm
Post subject: Re: A question from a learner |
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"baldycotton" <baldycotton2@mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:97q3m1lf8r983kk2j9feg4ksqnj69s5jbt@4ax.com...
| Quote: | On 27 Oct 2005 22:18:14 -0700, dayzman@hotmail.com wrote:
"I hurt my knee playing tennis."
Simply poor grammer.
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Simply poor spelling.
(Oh, and you're wrong, too.)
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QT
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:17 pm
Post subject: Re: A question from a learner |
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dayzman@hotmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
I was wondering, with the sentence:
"I hurt my knee playing tennis."
what type of verb is "playing"? Is it a gerund? Is it a shorthand for
"while playing"?
Any help will be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Michael
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Don't know the answer to your question, but try to alter that sentence
like this:
"I hurt my knee while playing tennis."
Perhaps now it's easier to determine (?)
qt
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QT
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:18 pm
Post subject: Re: A question from a learner |
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QT wrote:
| Quote: | dayzman@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I was wondering, with the sentence:
"I hurt my knee playing tennis."
what type of verb is "playing"? Is it a gerund? Is it a shorthand
for "while playing"?
Any help will be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Michael
Don't know the answer to your question, but try to alter that sentence
like this:
"I hurt my knee while playing tennis."
Perhaps now it's easier to determine (?)
qt
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Oops, sorry  You've already done that (slaps forehead).
qt
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