participle

Rather, it is a participle, derived from the verb “to draw” to describe an ongoing practice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Ontos is the Greek participle from the verb “to be” and means “being.”

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

Investigators also found other examples of her writing with the same past participle mistake.

From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2021

From that innocent present participle “encouraging” a mighty fountain sprang.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019

A substantial majority of the AHD Usage Panel accept the so-called fused participle, not just in these complicated sentences but in simple ones like I can understand him not wanting to go.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

He once sent her a brief memo dedicated entirely to the misuse of present participles.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 22, 2021

Anne Carson says: “You can never know enough, never work enough, never use the infinitives and participles oddly enough, never impede the movement harshly enough, never leave the mind quickly enough.”

From Slate ● May 15, 2019

Dr. Hussein came over to rescue us from white space and dangling participles.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2015

The headlines that “win,” according to Spartz’s testing algorithm, are usually hyperbolic, and many of them begin with dangling participles or end with prepositions.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 29, 2014

Many participles have turned into prepositions, such as according, allowing, barring, concerning, considering, excepting, excluding, failing, following, given, granted, including, owing, regarding, and respecting, and they don’t need subjects at all.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker