Re: Are "semi-creoles" widespread?

Christian Weisgerber wrote:
Ekkehard Dengler <ED-RS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Always leave them wanting more."
"I often find myself wanting to return to my hometown but I
can't afford the housing prices there." "Wanting to go is not the
same as having to go."

These are all gerunds.

Actually, only the last sentence contains a gerund.

What are the others then? They're certainly not the continuous
form, but some kind of verbal noun.

They're present participles. The first two sentences are analogous to "He
left his audience deeply impressed" and "I found myself surrounded by
dolphins", the main difference being that these contain past, not present,
participles. By contrast, the third sentence can be paraphrased as "A desire
to go is not the same as an obligation to go".

Regards,
Ekkehard


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