is "continually using" verb ? I think the -ing form is verb only with a helping verb such as is, was etc.
Please correct me.
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B is the correct answer but the explanation said that C is wrong because "continually using" is verb. I don't think it is correct explanation.
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C: A fear that destruction of forests and continually using fossil fuels will cause an irreversible shift.prachi18oct wrote:B is the correct answer but the explanation said that C is wrong because "continually using" is verb. I don't think it is correct explanation.
Here, using is a GERUND: a VERBing that functions as a NOUN.
In conjunction with destruction, using serves as the subject of will cause.
WHAT will cause an irreversible shift?
DESTRUCTION and USING will cause an irreversible shift.
The problem is a lack of parallelism.
and must serve to connect PARALLEL FORMS.
destruction of forests = NOUN + prepositional modifier.
using fossil fuels = VERBing + direct object.
The two constructions are not parallel.
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