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Linguistic Analyses of English Non-finite -ing Verb Forms Abstract English main verbs always play a dominant role in the sentence. Depending on whether they are marked in terms of tense or mood, verbs are classified into finite and non-finite. Some grammarians, represented by Otto Jespersen (1933;1940), A. J. Thomson(1980) and A. V. Martinet(1980), think that infinitive, participle(-ing participle and -ed/en participle) and gerund are three non-finite verb forms. But other grammarians like Randolph Quirk (1974;1980;1985), Sidney Greenbaum (1974;1980;1985), Geoffrey Leech(1980;1985), Jan Svartv