(2) Object: (a) "Our culture therefore must not omit the arming of the man." (b) "Nobody cares for planting the poor fungus;" "I announce the good of being interpenetrated by the mind that made nature;" "The guilt of having been cured of the palsy by a Jewish maiden."
(3) Governing and Governed: "We are far from having exhausted the significance of the few symbols we use," also (2, b), above; "He could embellish the characters with new traits without violating probability;" "He could not help holding out his hand in return."
Exercise.—Find sentences containing five participles, five infinitives, and five gerunds.
SUMMARY OF WORDS IN -ING
274. Words in -ing are of six kinds, according to use as well as meaning. They are as follows:—
(1) Part of the verb, making the definite tenses.
(2) Pure participles, which express action, but do not assert.
(3) Participial adjectives, which express action and also modify.
(4) Pure adjectives, which have lost all verbal force.
(5) Gerunds, which express action, may govern and be governed.