| French uses the present participle in its verbal form much less frequently than does English. |
| The end of the previous sentence itself contains an absolute clause with the participle being as its verb. |
| You can't even distinguish between the preterite and participle Germanic ablauts of English. |
| The participle receives its case from the noun which it modifies, which must be coreferential with its subject. |
| Since ousia is a verbal noun formed from the participle on, this is not a perspicuous statement. |
| Challenges become threats, pop heroes become corpses and present tense becomes past participle. |
