Posted by Mary Claire on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 4:01pm.
What part of speech is feigning? If you have the def. that would be great also!
I'm just confused because of the "ing" ending.
- 4th grade english - vero, Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 4:10pm
part of speech:verb tr.
To give a false appearance of: feign sleep.
To represent falsely; pretend to: feign authorship of a novel.
To imitate so as to deceive: feign another's voice.
To fabricate: feigned an excuse.
Archaic To invent or imagine.
- 4th grade english - Writeacher, Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 4:47pm
With the -ing ending, it could be either a present participle or a gerund. (Vero, be sure to check your spelling -- feigning!)
- 4th grade grammar - Anonymous, Friday, September 18, 2009 at 5:49pm
conjuctions in a letter.
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