participle
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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
Lately I’ve been doing a deep dive into the origins of English grammar, specifically the difference between past participle and present perfect.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2020
He is one of the three writers credited on Too Late for Love, none of whom seem to know how to use the past participle of light correctly.
From BBC ● May 12, 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
Us pupils hadn’t gotten to participles, whatever they might be.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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