about Gerundive...
I wonder if the following sentence is a form of gerundive...
"I really have to be going now."
"to be going" here is a gerundive or not?
How will it differ if I say:
"I really have to go now." rather of "I really have to be going now."?
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Answers · 2
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romulus,
You always ask such interesting questions.
The verb "have to"....takes the bare form of an infinitive, not a gerund.
(to) + be + present participle = present progressive infinitve
to "be going" is the progressive infinitive of the verb "to go".
I really have to be going now.
The progressive infinitive is used to suggest that actions and events are/were/will be continuing around the time we are talking about.
I really have to be going now.
I really had to be going then.
I will really have to be going by then.
The difference in meaning is equivalent to the difference in meaning between
I go....and....I am going.
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