| The student will note that the infinitive is here employed as a present participle after a verb of motion. |
| The second and third conjugations already had identical imperfect tense forms in Latin, and also shared a common present participle. |
| French uses the present participle in its verbal form much less frequently than does English. |
| It is part art, part emotion, part inspiration, and part active present participle. |
| A compound adjective combining a feared noun and a gutsy present participle is sweeping — nay, inundating — the country. |
| A notable exception to this is the use of the negating grammar form that coincides with negating the English present participle. |
