Question

state whether the underlined words are ING adjective or gerund finding fault with other people is an irritating habit of his​

Answer 1

Answer:

Finding: gerund, irritating: adjective

Explanation:

What is a gerund? A verb which acts as a noun. In the following sentence 'Finding fault with other people' acts as the subject of the sentence as it is being discussed in the sentence. It is not a participle simply because it doesn't describe a noun ( a participle being a verb acting as an adjective ), Now 'irritating' is definitely an adjective as it describes a specific quality of the noun, in the above case 'habit',

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