that word as a gerund-participle form of the verb ‘entertain’, the meaning of the sentence is “They are currently receiving guests.” Whereas, if the word is an adjective, the meaning of it is “they are enjoyable.” In this case, to escape from such ambiguity, replacing be verb by seem or become or adding very are recommended. If do so, verbal interpretation is excluded. Otherwise,
form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs
ex) the making of the film
③ used like adjectives, describing a person or thing as doing something
ex) It was worth it to see all those smiling faces.
④- ing is added to verbs to form uncountable nouns referring to activities.
ex) Gardening is very popular in Britain.
5. Restriction : 앞에 올 수 있는 품사는 동사임
Certain forms of AdjP occur right at the beginning of the NP, before the indefinite article a.
E.g.
a. [How big a box] do we need?
b. We'd select [this big a box].
a. It seemed [such a computer].
b. [What a handsome] I was.
[noun]
- virtual disaster *his almost death
[verb]
- It virtually evaporated. He almost died.
[adjective]
- It was virtually impossible. He was
♧ The grammatical units of English are formed by words, phrases and clauses. ♧
(영어의 문법적 구성요소들은 단어, 구, 절들로 형성되어진다.)
Ⅰ. THE WORD The main word classes: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection.
(주요 단어군: 명사, 대명사, 동사, 형용사, 부사, 전치사, 접속사, 감탄사) (單語; 단