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What Is The Present Participle? | Form, Uses, Common Mixups

The present participle is the “-ing” verb form used in progressive tenses and in verb-based modifiers such as “running water” or “smiling.” You’ve seen it a thousand times: walking, studying, being. The “-ing” ending feels familiar, yet it still trips people up in essays, emails, and grammar drills. Is it a verb? An adjective? A

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