Sir,
verb like see and feel do not have continous form but I ahve read a sentence
like
I missed seeing the Prime Minister.
What is meaning of the gerund "seeing" here.
Thanks.
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Don't confuse a progressive tense-form (a FINITE verb-form) with a gerund or present participle - forms that all full verbs possess without exception.
The sentence you cite is rather ambiguous: it could mean either
1) I no longer saw (i.e. met) the Prime Minister, and this made me sad.
or
2) I was unable, on account of lateness, to see (lit.) the Prime Minister.
Either way, 'seeing' is a gerund here.
The sentence you cite is rather ambiguous: it could mean either
1) I no longer saw (i.e. met) the Prime Minister, and this made me sad.
or
2) I was unable, on account of lateness, to see (lit.) the Prime Minister.
Either way, 'seeing' is a gerund here.