participle
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Dederer is continually trying — not in the adjectival sense, but as the present participle: showing us her thought process, correcting as she goes and experimenting with different forms.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
Ontos is the Greek participle from the verb “to be” and means “being.”
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
From that innocent present participle “encouraging” a mighty fountain sprang.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019
He is one of the three writers credited on Too Late for Love, none of whom seem to know how to use the past participle of light correctly.
From BBC ● May 12, 2019
“What is a participle? Does it ever part with its verbal significance? Does it assert action?”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
He once sent her a brief memo dedicated entirely to the misuse of present participles.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 22, 2021
Anne Carson says: “You can never know enough, never work enough, never use the infinitives and participles oddly enough, never impede the movement harshly enough, never leave the mind quickly enough.”
From Slate ● May 15, 2019
Dr. Hussein came over to rescue us from white space and dangling participles.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2015
The headlines that “win,” according to Spartz’s testing algorithm, are usually hyperbolic, and many of them begin with dangling participles or end with prepositions.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 29, 2014
I'm sure she'll find a way to point out my dangling participles and awkward syntax.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Vocabulary lists containing participle
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The AP English Exam: Writing, Grammar, and Word Choice
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