Sentence: I go swimming on Fridays.


I = subject
Go = verb
swimming = gerund
on = prepresitions
Fridays = object of preposition


And this is in the 'simple present' tense, correct?





Or is it simple continuous (progressive)? I think to be progressive it should stated "is going swimming", right?



thanks

Imago said:

CarrieMpls said:

what? Is it misspelled?

Anyways, I would appreciate an answer from our Finnish, Swedish or Dutch friends, cause their written English is far better than that of the UK, Australia, Canada, or the US.

thanks!
[Edited 8/27/09 9:32am]

Imago said:

....well nevermind then

no. it just makes me giggle.









btw - I have no help to provide. I don't know any of the vocabulary around grammar. I just know (mostly) what works and what doesn't.

ThreadCula said:

yeah, f it then.

ThreadCula said:

Oh, god, Beggars can't be choosers so give me some of that colloquial Texas grammar assistance if you'd like

CarrieMpls said:

I had to look it up to make sure I didn't misspell it


So I didn't misspell anything ?

Imago said:

i think it's the way your sentence was structured.

Imago said:

Yee-Haw!!!


Well....present continuous would be " You are swimming"

Simple present is- I swim on Fridays or Dan always forgets his swimming trunks

Imago said:

Yes , it is

ThreadCula said:

So, "I go on Fridays" would be the Simple present, and "swimming" thrown in the mix is just a Gerund , correct? It still means I'm dealing with a sentence using the simple present tense, no?


Talk 2 me girl. Tawk 2 meh.

PANDURITO said:

thanks, Pandy.

I think "swimming" is a present participle here, not a gerund. And I believe "on Fridays" is an adverbial phrase.

Imago said:

yes...

Efan said:

I'm swimming would be a present participle

ThreadCula said:

but in Imago's case, it would be a dangling participle.

Efan said:

swimming can't be the past participle cause past participle would state "swam", right?

I think 'go' is definitely the verb, and swimming is a Gerund.
Because if you replaced the "go" with any other verb, like say "like", the sentence still remains true.

I like swimming on Fridays. It makes it more apparent that 'swimming' is actually a transient verb (turned into a noun by the ing) and Gerund.... right?



I'm so damned confused now.



Where the hell is number23?

Just to make it worse: Do you want beef or chicken?

Is this present simple as well?

I'm going with Miranda. She's the only person on this thread who both speaks with confidence on the subject, and has large breasts.

Imago said:

I believe so...the simple question...Do you want beef? is present simple

I dont know about the "or chicken"

Imago said:

and thanks

Imago said:

I'm saying it's the present participle, not past. But maybe I'm wrong.

ThreadCula said:

I found this: http://www.englishpage.co...nuous.html


It's amazing. And seems to confirm that you are right.

Efan said:

Thanks for playing along!
I've got more sentences coming up


If you weren't involved, I'd want to have sex with you...often

Imago said:

Interesting!!! I'll let the Dutch answer the next sentences....

Is Mushanga Dutch?...she she nice boobs

Imago said:

Of course it is. Present continuous would be "Are you wanting beef or chicken?" but that sounds weird...then again, there´s that Jesse Johnson song where he sings" I´m just wanting you girl".

Imago said:

Always with a primary verb and another verb ending in -ing, the second is a gerund, as far as I am aware. (I may be wrong as rereading my sentence here I sound like Yoda.

Grammar it is. Yes!

I'd pull out my grammars but they're all still boxed up. Just ran to check where I thought they were but could only find a Korean grammar.

Sorry Imago!

connorhawke said:

dude, jump on facebook later. I want to flirt.


Gotta run to the store