I want know whether this sentence is right or not. "Your school shall remain closed until Sunday." I want to say that Monday would be the day when you have to come to the school. Please do explain it.
Could you tell me difference between gerund and present participle like washing machine, playing cards. Are washing and playing gerunds or present participles? Pls pls reply
Hi Washing in washing machine is an adjective, but it is not acting like a participle adjective. Participle adjectives always cone after a "be" or linking verb. Example- The washing machine is interesting. What this means is that the washing machine is causing the feeling of interest in the speaker. If you say, the washing machine made me feel interested in buying it, then this is another type of participle adjective but one that receives the feeling of interest. Playing cards is a gerund most certainly. Think of who is being affected by the -ing or ed/en word. If it's a noun, then the -ing word is an adjective.
@@BreakingEnglish thanks for the reply mam, washing machine and playing cards are both of same structure so how is this possible that one is adjective and other is gerund. And one more thing i "washing" is an adjective but not a present participle then what kind of adjective is this? I hope you are not frustrated because of the fact that I've been asking too many questions. Pls reply
@Gurkirat Shinh no problem. "I washing" is not an adjective. If you use it with a subject it shoukd have a helping verb, "be" before it. I think the examples you use are two very different situations and that you will see the difference clearly with practice and reading.
@@BreakingEnglish thank you so much mam. I don't have words for your appreciation, you're a very nice teacher. One more question " I like drinking water " in this sentence drinking water is a noun and object of like but if is say "I like drinking the water" here drinking is gerund and water is a noun. But people don't use the in thses types of cases but without using" the" the sentence is not clear. Pls advise me mam to clear ambiguity. Pls reply
@@gurkiratshinh you can use "the" It makes the water specific to the listener and speaker. It doesn't change anything else. I would review articles for this question
