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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Regular v. Irregular Verbs #116023 11/16/03 02:53 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 "We went to the candle lighting." Lighting there is a gerund. "We went to the candle lighting ceremony." Lighting there is a present participle functioning as an adjective. Sounds a little picky to me. Does it stop being a noun when it's acting as an adjective? Is an adjectival noun not a noun? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Regular Verbs Wordwind 11/15/03 02:30 AM Re: Regular Verbs wwh 11/15/03 02:36 AM Re: Regular Verbs shanks 11/15/03 11:26 AM Re: Regular Verbs Wordwind 11/15/03 01:30 PM Re: Regular Verbs Faldage 11/15/03 02:02 PM Re: Regular v. Irregular Verbs Wordwind 11/15/03 02:29 PM Re: Regular v. Irregular Verbs Buffalo Shrdlu 11/15/03 03:49 PM Re: Regular v. Irregular Verbs Faldage 11/15/03 05:18 PM Re: Regular v. Irregular Verbs sjmaxq 11/15/03 06:03 PM Re: Regular v. Irregular Verbs maahey 11/15/03 06:31 PM Re: Regular v. Irregular Verbs Wordwind 11/15/03 06:38 PM Re: Regular v. Irregular Verbs Faldage 11/15/03 07:03 PM Re: Regular v. Irregular Verbs maahey 11/15/03 10:05 PM Re: Regular v. Irregular Verbs Wordwind 11/15/03 11:31 PM Re: Regular v. Irregular Verbs Faldage 11/16/03 02:53 PM Re: Regular v. Irregular Verbs maahey 11/16/03 03:09 PM Re: Regular v. Irregular Verbs Wordwind 11/16/03 07:00 PM Re: Gerund v. Participle Faldage 11/17/03 09:08 PM Re: Gerund v. Participle Wordwind 11/17/03 10:14 PM Re: Gerund v. Participle of troy 11/18/03 04:10 AM Re: Gerund v. Participle Faldage 11/18/03 11:12 AM Re: Gerund v. Participle Bingley 11/19/03 01:35 AM Re: Regular Verbs Jackie 11/15/03 02:52 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 744 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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