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lapo4ka [179]
4 years ago
9

Identify each italicized word as gerund or participle.

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1 answer:
mr_godi [17]4 years ago
8 0
The word <em>wishing </em>is used as a participle in this case. Although gerunds and participles look the same, they are used in different senses - gerunds generally denote nouns, whereas participles have more of an adverbial meaning.
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