Participle / gerund

Participle / gerund
Message from dangkhoa posted on 28-03-2013 at 08:42:03 (D | E | F)
Hello,

Could you help me please?
After the verb "spend", we use "(pro)noun + ing-form verb for example:
They spent more than one week travelling around.
I don't know whether travelling is a participle or gerund.
Thank you for your answers.

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Edited by lucile83 on 28-03-2013 11:57
Travelling
Traveling

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Re: Participle / gerund from lucile83, posted on 01-04-2013 at 09:15:37 (D | E)
Hello,

I'd say 'travelling' is a gerund here.
See &1
Link

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Re: Participle / gerund from catweazle, posted on 13-04-2013 at 10:52:39 (D | E)
Wow! Tricky question.

Personally, I'd go for a participle (sorry, Lucille) - if not that a gerundive, rather than a gerund.

The reason I think it's a participle is that it would take an adverb as a descriptor. "I was travelling slowly" rather than "I was travelling slow".

(But I'm just an English speaker, not a grammarian or someone who's actually studied English)

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