| The second and third conjugations already had identical imperfect tense forms in Latin, and also shared a common present participle. |
| We became not the land of the free, but the land of the hanging present participle. |
| French uses the present participle in its verbal form much less frequently than does English. |
| The present participle uses the present tense but can also be found in the past. |
| A notable exception to this is the use of the negating grammar form that coincides with negating the English present participle. |
| The infinitive is often used in poetry after a verb of motion where we should use the present participle. |
