Writing 1030F Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: The Smoking Gun, Gerund, English Auxiliaries And Contractions

• School: Western University
• Department: Writing
• Course: Writing 1030F
• Professor: David Barrick

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These are special verb forms that can function as nouns or modifiers; they do not function as the verb in a sentence. *some common verbs have an irregular past participle (e. g. , drunken). Both function as adjectives to modify nouns or pronouns: the smoking gun fell from his hand, the smoked meat sandwiches weren"t very popular. They also appear in participial phrases: filled with rage, jim slammed the door, laughing, tina danced through the streets. *present participles and gerunds can be distinguished only by their function in a sentence: participle = adjective, gerund = noun. I was walking down the street to the park; to pass some time, i sat down and worked on my writing. We would like to visit the museum, but we"re too hungry to spend time looking at artwork. Grinning, jodi performed her last song in front of the impressed judge.