Talk:prancing
Latest comment: 14 years ago by Ruakh
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Present participles can always be used as adjectives. I there need for a separate section? H. (talk) 14:25, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
- cited, IMO. It meets our standard for inclusion as an adjective (gradable, superlative) though there is no change of meaning from the participle and it seems uncommon and dated. No other OneLook dictionary presents it as an adjective. Until we change our presentation of such terms generally it would seem that we would want a separate section. DCDuring TALK 15:50, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
- Note also that not all present participles in English can be used as adjectives. Examples of such participles include (deprecated template usage) being, (deprecated template usage) having, and (deprecated template usage) becoming (at least not with any meaning obviously connected to the verb senses). The present participles of phrasal verbs also cannot be used as adjectives. --EncycloPetey 00:40, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
RFV passed. Thanks for the cites, DCDuring. —RuakhTALK 05:40, 22 February 2010 (UTC)