How is “swimming” being used grammatically in “I saw them swimming in the lake”?
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Consider this sentence:
I saw them swimming in the lake.
How is "swimming" used in the sentence? Is it a gerund or verb or anything else and how is it connected to the sentence?
I am mostly aware of basics but really can't understand this usage of "swimming in the lake" and how it is directly connected to main sentence.
Can anyone do a complete grammatical break-down of the sentence?
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Consider this sentence:
I saw them swimming in the lake.
How is "swimming" used in the sentence? Is it a gerund or verb or anything else and how is it connected to the sentence?
I am mostly aware of basics but really can't understand this usage of "swimming in the lake" and how it is directly connected to main sentence.
Can anyone do a complete grammatical break-down of the sentence?
syntactic-analysis sense-verbs gerund-phrases participial-phrases nonfinite-clause-complementation
edited 2 days ago
tchrist♦
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asked Dec 4 '18 at 19:49
Manish Kumar BalayanManish Kumar Balayan
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Consider this sentence: "Them swimming in the lake was the most surprising thing I saw all summer." Are you sure your own sentence doesn't simply have the very same object as mine has subject? And if it does, does looking at it this way clarify matters for you at all? Notice especially how my sentence has a singular verb not a plural one.
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Consider this sentence:
I saw them swimming in the lake.
How is "swimming" used in the sentence? Is it a gerund or verb or anything else and how is it connected to the sentence?
I am mostly aware of basics but really can't understand this usage of "swimming in the lake" and how it is directly connected to main sentence.
Can anyone do a complete grammatical break-down of the sentence?
syntactic-analysis sense-verbs gerund-phrases participial-phrases nonfinite-clause-complementation
edited 2 days ago
tchrist♦
108k28290464
asked Dec 4 '18 at 19:49
Manish Kumar BalayanManish Kumar Balayan
385
Consider this sentence:
I saw them swimming in the lake.
How is "swimming" used in the sentence? Is it a gerund or verb or anything else and how is it connected to the sentence?
I am mostly aware of basics but really can't understand this usage of "swimming in the lake" and how it is directly connected to main sentence.
Can anyone do a complete grammatical break-down of the sentence?
syntactic-analysis sense-verbs gerund-phrases participial-phrases nonfinite-clause-complementation
syntactic-analysis sense-verbs gerund-phrases participial-phrases nonfinite-clause-complementation
edited 2 days ago
tchrist♦
108k28290464
asked Dec 4 '18 at 19:49
Manish Kumar BalayanManish Kumar Balayan
385
edited 2 days ago
tchrist♦
108k28290464
asked Dec 4 '18 at 19:49
Manish Kumar BalayanManish Kumar Balayan
385
edited 2 days ago
tchrist♦
108k28290464
edited 2 days ago
tchrist♦
108k28290464
edited 2 days ago
tchrist♦
108k28290464
108k28290464
asked Dec 4 '18 at 19:49
Manish Kumar BalayanManish Kumar Balayan
385
asked Dec 4 '18 at 19:49
Manish Kumar BalayanManish Kumar Balayan
385
asked Dec 4 '18 at 19:49
Manish Kumar BalayanManish Kumar Balayan
385
385
Consider this sentence: "Them swimming in the lake was the most surprising thing I saw all summer." Are you sure your own sentence doesn't simply have the very same object as mine has subject? And if it does, does looking at it this way clarify matters for you at all? Notice especially how my sentence has a singular verb not a plural one.
– tchrist♦
2 days ago
add a comment |
Consider this sentence: "Them swimming in the lake was the most surprising thing I saw all summer." Are you sure your own sentence doesn't simply have the very same object as mine has subject? And if it does, does looking at it this way clarify matters for you at all? Notice especially how my sentence has a singular verb not a plural one.
– tchrist♦
2 days ago
Consider this sentence: "Them swimming in the lake was the most surprising thing I saw all summer." Are you sure your own sentence doesn't simply have the very same object as mine has subject? And if it does, does looking at it this way clarify matters for you at all? Notice especially how my sentence has a singular verb not a plural one.
– tchrist♦
2 days ago
Consider this sentence: "Them swimming in the lake was the most surprising thing I saw all summer." Are you sure your own sentence doesn't simply have the very same object as mine has subject? And if it does, does looking at it this way clarify matters for you at all? Notice especially how my sentence has a singular verb not a plural one.
– tchrist♦
2 days ago
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Participle, which is a verbal, namely a verb used as an adjective. Modifies "them."
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Participle, which is a verbal, namely a verb used as an adjective. Modifies "them."
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Participle, which is a verbal, namely a verb used as an adjective. Modifies "them."
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Participle, which is a verbal, namely a verb used as an adjective. Modifies "them."
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Participle, which is a verbal, namely a verb used as an adjective. Modifies "them."
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Consider this sentence: "Them swimming in the lake was the most surprising thing I saw all summer." Are you sure your own sentence doesn't simply have the very same object as mine has subject? And if it does, does looking at it this way clarify matters for you at all? Notice especially how my sentence has a singular verb not a plural one.
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