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   Message 2,271 of 4,347   
   mark lewis to Anton Shepelev   
   Gerunds   
   11 Feb 17 09:45:08   
   
    On 2017 Feb 10 23:14:08, you wrote to alexander koryagin:   
      
    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...   
      
    AS> I think it not a vilation but a natural variation,   
      
   variation, yes... natural? i dunno... some folks do flip things around like   
   that at time, though... some might point to old english... i don't know... i   
   just say them the way they feel naturally but i've also 50+ years speaking   
   english natively...   
      
    AS> which I did on purpose, viz. to keep parallel to the previous quoted   
    AS> statement:   
      
    AS>   A Participle is a word derived...   
      
    AS> I wanted mine to start with the name of a part of speech.   
      
   i like subtle things like that... kind of a "oh! i see what you did there!"   
   moment ;) kinda like my tag line below...   
      
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