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The gerund is formed similarly to the present active participle.

For example, the present participle interesting and the adjective interesting look the same.

The term mordant comes from the present participle of French mordre, "to bite".

The present participle is used to a much lesser extent than in English.

The present participle can never substitute for a finite verb.

Or as a present participle, as in "How long are we going to be enduring this freedom?"

The present participle has the same form as the infinitive: maken is either "to make" or "making".

Sensing is the present participle of the verb sense.

Starting said fragments with a verb in the present participle tense.

The present participle and the gerundive are both invariable; that is, they do not change form to agree with any other part of a sentence.