gerunds & participles.

Question Posted Wednesday June 6 2007, 8:50 pm

okay, i need someone that knows this stuff DECENTLY well. i have a test on friday, and my teacher has done a wonderful job preparing everyone cause no one understands anything!

i have several questions.

1.) how do you tell the difference between a gerund & a gerund phrase?

2.) how do you tell the difference between a participle & a participle phrase?

cause i know phrases have more than like 1 word, but if you had like:

working hard is often its own reward.

is WORKING the gerund or is WORKING HARD the gerund phrase?!

please help!

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xomegaroni answered Wednesday June 6 2007, 9:08 pm:
Here's a website that explains gerunds & participles in detail-

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That will help you learn about both & answer all of your questions. It's a lot easier learning from a site sometimes.

-hope that helped!&hearts;

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