Appendix%3AEnglish_-ing_forms

Appendix:English -ing forms

Many English words ending in "ing" are forms of verbs. (See -ing for the distinct Old English origins of the suffix.) They are known as gerunds, present...

Appendix:English gerund-participles

The form of English verbs ending in -ing forms a variety of roles. With very few exceptions such verbs sometimes function mostly with characteristics of...

Appendix:English grammar

English Wikipedia has an article on: English grammar Wikipedia Key concepts -ing-form gerund gerund-participle present participle gerund phrase noun form...

Appendix:English words where G is pronounced exceptionally

forgive, ~n, ~ness, ~r, ~rs, ~s, forgivable, forgiving, ~s gear, ~ed, ~ing, ~ings, ~s gearbox, ~es geas gecko, ~s Geddes geek, ~s, ~y geese geegaw, gewgaw...

Appendix:Middle English verbs

and South, giving rise to our Modern English present participle in -ing (Northern -and survives in altered form in a few words like blatant, flippant...

Appendix:English nouns

The girl ate her meal, too. The dog ate its meal. Some English nouns have two gender forms, one with an ending that implies a masculine referent, and...

Appendix:English parts of speech

relatively few forms. The patterns of some common inflections are outlined below. Some adjectives have comparative and superlative forms: comparative end...

Appendix:Dutch parts of speech

ergatives doen: forms causatives from ergatives raken: forms ergatives from transitives etc. staan, zitten, liggen, lopen, hangen form constructions with...

Appendix:English toponyms

ford foot gate/gait grove hall ham haven head heath hill holt hurst/hirst ing kirk/kirkby/kirby lake ley/leigh market mere moor mount/mont mouth ness onia...

Appendix:English suffixes

-ible -ic -icide -ician -ick obsolete -ics -id -ide -ie -ify -ile -in -ine -ing -ion -ious -isation -ise -ish -ism -ist -istic -istical -istically -ite -itious...