| It is not surprising, therefore, that present participles can sometimes function as prepositions. |
| Grammar Online: Comprehensive units on the use of passive voice, adjective clauses, and verb participles. |
| Use positive constructions rather than negative ones, cut out present participles, conditional verbs or the passive voice and redundant adverbs. |
| Manchu has no relative pronouns and expresses relative clauses by means of participles and gerunds. |
| The past participles affectus and effectus got borrowed into English as affect and effect. |
| He knows then how to apply the rules for the agreements that relate to past participles. |
