<Li> in (5a) and (5b) the verbs kept and coming refer to the same event . Coming is related to the progressive aspect use in She is coming . </Li> <Li> Verbs such as start and stop, although similar to verbs like keep, are generally classified with verbs like remember . Therefore, She started coming is termed a gerund use . </Li> <Li> The proposed test of passivisation to distinguish gerund use after remember from participle use after keep fails with sentences like (5b). </Li> <Li> The proposed test of possible possessive subject successfully distinguishes (4b) (traditional gerund) from (5b) (traditionally participle). </Li>

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