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   Anton Shepelev to alexander koryagin   
   Gerunds   
   10 Feb 17 23:14:08   
   
   Alexander Koryagin to Anton Shepelev:   
      
   AS>> I miswrote:   
   I>>>  And the gerund he considers as a special case of the   
   I>>>  participle:   
   AS>> Omit the "as".   
   AK> Also IMHO you violate the word order unnecessary.   
   AK>   
   AK> ...And he considers the gerund...   
      
   I think it not a vilation but a natural variation, which I   
   did on purpose, viz. to keep parallel to the previous quoted   
   statement:   
      
     A Participle is a word derived...   
      
   I wanted mine to start with the name of a part of speech.   
      
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    * Origin: *** nntp://fidonews.mine.nu *** Finland *** (2:221/6.0)   

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