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Expert: Debra Duenas - 9/29/2008
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Hi again (:
This is on page 660 #17 on the SAT OG Book.
[Crossing and recrossing] the stream, stepping on or over slippery rocks, and [following] a trail [that grew] steeper and steeper, the hikers soon realized [how challenging] their day would be. [no error]
The correct answer is [no error] but isn't [that grew] wrong? All the other verbs are in present tense, except this one. Or can the others be gerunds? can you explain a little about gerunds?
Thank you so much. You rock because you answer all my previous questions with patience and also with the correct and clear answers!! Thanks in advance!!
Answer
I understand your confusion about present and past...except that the path did grow in the past. It was already there to hike on. It is correct. We put the seed into the ground and it grew and grew until we could climb to the sky. It's right.
Gerunds are -ing words. Crossing and recrossing are gerunds.
Remember...English is the hardest and most complicated language on the planet...and for no really good reason either.
Debra
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