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`Grammar. a participle form, in English having the suffix -ing, denoting repetition or
`duration of an activity or event: used as an adjective, as in the growing weeds, and in
`forming progressive verb forms, as in The weeds are growing.
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`For present participle phrases to be is not a necessary element.
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`Use a hyphen between the modifier and present participle.
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`Present participle | Define Present participle at Dictionary.com
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`present participle
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`noun
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`1.
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`a participial form of verbs used adjectivally when the action it describes is
`contemporaneous with that of the main verb of a sentence and also used in the formation
`of certain compound tenses. In English this form ends in -ing Compare gerund
`(/browse/gerund)
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