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Lara
When a participial phrase functions as a subject/object of a sentence, it's becoming a gerund? For example, "Walking frequently is healthy." "Walking frequently" in this case both a gerund and a participle phrase?
Another example "I like dancing in the dark." – here "dancing in the dark" both a gerund and a participle phrase? Or participle phrase transforms to gerund? Can't figure out what's going on :)
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Have fun with this example:
The running man is wearing running shoes.
If you have the well-known book English Grammar in Use, consult units 60, 80, and 98.
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Hi Lara. Participal phrases function as adjectives. For example "Wearing a red dress, the girl entered the party"
Gerund phrases always function as nouns. This would be the case in both of your examples
Cheers
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In both examples, "dancing" is used as a noun, that is a gerund.
It functions as an adjective in:
"I see a woman dancing in the dark".
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Lara
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