Hello guys.
I have been thinking about this type of sentence pattern, Comma verb ing. I think they are basically called Present Participle.
And I think that they answer the question ''How'', am I right about this?
For example: ''I signed up for a business class, shopping online.''
Is there any mistake in my example?
Thank you.
Present Participle
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Re: Present Participle
Although identical in form to the present participle, the example you cite here (shopping) would be classified as a gerund, or verbal noun. Some linguists nowadays, however, consider the difference to be insignificant.