English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)
SOME VERBS DON’T ATTRACT -ING
Verbs of the mind, emotion and senses don’t take -ing except:
1. When used as a gerund (-ing verbs that serve as nouns are called gerund) and participal (-ing verbs that function as adjectives are participal): Seeing is believing (seeing in the sentence is a gerund and believing is an adjective).
2. When “see” means an arrangement to meet with someone: I am seeing my doctor tomorrow.
3. When “hear” refers to a legal case: The court is hearing the case tomorrow.
Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)
Academic Advisor, Distance Learning Centre, University of Ibadan;
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Doctoral Student of English, University of Ibadan.
