ENG100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pepper Spray, Narrow Street, Apposition
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---- a verbal form that can act as a noun or adjective. If noun => "-ing" as ending e. g. : running is a sport. If adjective => "-ing", "-ed", "-d", "-t", "-en", or "-n" as ending e. g. : the completed essay . I stood on the roof of my apartment building at dawn. The dishwasher was invented by an indiana housewife. The first dishwasher was driven by a steam engine: being invented in 1889 and by an indiana, the first dishwasher was driven by a steam engine. I was sitting on the window ledge overlooking the narrow street. ---- words that allow a noun or pronoun to modify another word in the sentence e. g. the house has a windowery wall: *"windowery" does not exist! => the house has a wall of windows. I wanted to look windowily: *"windowily" does not exist! => i wanted to look through the windows.
