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Michael,
The KISS Approach to this construction is relatively simple:
"Camping" is a gerund.
Gerunds function as nouns do.
Nouns can function as adverbs.
Therefore "camping" is a gerund that functions as a (Noun Used as) an
Adverb.
Note that the KISS explanation simply uses two concepts that students
need to know ("Gerund" and "Noun Used as an Adverb).
Ed V.
>>> [log in to unmask] 03/04/05 11:34 AM >>>
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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