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Gerund or participle #1 (permalink) Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:29 am   Gerund or participle
 

"Going home early, I found a man in my room". In the sentence above, "going" is a gerund or present participle?
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Gerund or participle #2 (permalink) Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:59 am   Gerund or participle
 

In this sentence "going" is present participle.
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