| The infinitive is often used in poetry after a verb of motion where we should use the present participle. |
| A compound adjective combining a feared noun and a gutsy present participle is sweeping — nay, inundating — the country. |
| French uses the present participle in its verbal form much less frequently than does English. |
| The student will note that the infinitive is here employed as a present participle after a verb of motion. |
| We became not the land of the free, but the land of the hanging present participle. |
| It is part art, part emotion, part inspiration, and part active present participle. |
