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Preposition / adverb
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Message from dangkhoa posted on 06-11-2012 at 08:55:01 (D | E | F)
Hello,
Could you help me please?
'keep on' is a phrasal verb. It is an intransitive verb. Of course, it can't take an object.
But the ing-form verb is used after it as in 'stop keeping on troubling him'.
I don't know what function 'troubling' is. Is 'troubling' a present participle or a gerund?
Thank you very much.
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Edited by lucile83 on 06-11-2012 09:20
Message from dangkhoa posted on 06-11-2012 at 08:55:01 (D | E | F)
Hello,
Could you help me please?
'keep on' is a phrasal verb. It is an intransitive verb. Of course, it can't take an object.
But the ing-form verb is used after it as in 'stop keeping on troubling him'.
I don't know what function 'troubling' is. Is 'troubling' a present participle or a gerund?
Thank you very much.
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Edited by lucile83 on 06-11-2012 09:20
Re: Preposition / adverb from gerondif, posted on 11-11-2012 at 22:45:35 (D | E)
Hello,
start working,
go on working,
keep on working, keep on with your work, with your usual activity (so it can take an object)
stop working.
the ing forms are gerunds.
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