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9 January, 19:12

How are participles, gerunds, and appositives different?

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  1. 9 January, 20:55
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    A gerund is a form of a verb used as a noun, whereas a participle is a form of verb used as an adjective or as a verb in conjunction with an auxiliary verb. An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that modifies a noun. This grammatical construction usually sits next to another noun and modifies it by renaming it or describing it in another way. Appositives are generally offset with commas or dashes.

    Examples:

    Gerund: Verb: Read; Gerund: Reading; Sentence: Her favorite hobby is reading.

    Participle: A participle is an adjective made from a verb. Verb: Sleep; Participle: Sleeping; Phrase: The sleeping dog.

    Appositive: Sentence: "The boy raced ahead to the finish line"; Appositive: "The boy, an avid sprinter, raced ahead to the finish line."

    For the first two, the difference is really the context of the phrase/sentence. The gerund turns the verb into a noun, turning the action of reading into a thing, or a hobby. A participle phrase takes the action of sleeping and turns it into an adjective, and results in "the sleeping dog."
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