"Loving" in that context is an adjective.  Lots of words that end in -ing are adjectives, and -ing-participles are commonly used as adjectives.  Think of it this way: anything you can put between a determiner string (e.g. "all of the first three") and a noun is an adjective in that context. Many words ending in -ing that might otherwise be part of finite verbs in clauses, or be part of participle or gerund phrases will fit in that slot.



Seth Katz

Bradley University

Peoria, IL



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	Speaking of participles:

	

	Please help me with this?

	

	I've always thought of "loving" as a participle as in "She is a loving

	mother."

	

	(I guess it could function as a gerund also as in "The loving was good!"

	

	But I thought that participles cannot take qualifiers--very, rather, quite,

	etc.

	

	"Loving," however, can take a qualifier.

	

	My question: Is "loving" a participle?

	

	Christen in Baltimore

	

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	Hi Michael,

	

	I call it an adverbial participle.

	

	Martha

	

	

	

	>  Could anyone offer help on parsing "go camping" in "We go camping every

	>summer."Does camping modify go?  Could it be its direct object?  I

	>suppose it has to do with how one analyzes "go."

	>

	

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