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Unread 02-12-2004, 02:32 PM   #850
Groth
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Boli
"to fold" is a verb
"folding" is a verb in the past tense (he was folding last night)).
Grammar lessons on a cooling forum?

"to fold" is an infinitive, a special type of prepositional phrase.

"folding" can be used as a passive verb (I was/have been/am/will be folding), a gerund (Folding is cool), or as a participle (I fixed my folding computer).

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