French uses the present participle in its verbal form much less frequently than does English. |
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It is part art, part emotion, part inspiration, and part active present participle. |
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We became not the land of the free, but the land of the hanging present participle. |
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A compound adjective combining a feared noun and a gutsy present participle is sweeping — nay, inundating — the country. |
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The second and third conjugations already had identical imperfect tense forms in Latin, and also shared a common present participle. |
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The present participle uses the present tense but can also be found in the past. |
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A notable exception to this is the use of the negating grammar form that coincides with negating the English present participle. |
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Until now, the validity of the verb SESQUIOXlDIZE, and its present participle SESQUIOXIDIZING, has been in question. |
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