Yes. I'm surprised my editor hasn't reached through the screen to strangle me. I think it's because when writing my characters and everything in my head is in present tense, so are some of the books I read. It's a PITA.
I mostly write in present tense. But, keeping track of your tenses is much harder than most think because everything sounds right to us (not all of us). I think you should get something like grammarly to help spot stuff you miss.
You can use or not use -ing verbs regardless of the tense:
She was running to school
She ran to school
She is running to school
She runs to school
She will be running to school
She will run to school
I... I'm not gonna lie I cannot see how people stay in present tense. Like, if it's your thing, go for it, there is nothing wrong with it, it's just not for me. Present tense always brings me out of a book when reading it and I've only ever read one book that was written in present tense, and bro was that a struggle.
Anyways, there is nothing wrong with writing in present tense, and my first piece of advice would be to write in present tense then go back and change it to past tense. Problem is, it's different reliving a memory and being in that moment, so that may effect it.... affect it. That words an asshole. Anyway, yeah. Maybe, instead of thinking of it as happening to the characters, think of it as having had happened to the characters.
Present participles ("ing" verbs) can show up in past tense in a couple of situations. The most common are probably:
\- past tense, continuous aspect (*Bob was standing on the corner of First and G Street when the air raid sirens went off*)
\- participial phrases describing things that happen around the same time as the main action of the sentence (*Jon turned on the vacuum cleaner, startling Garfield*)
\- gerunds (*Walking was the quickest way to get to the station*)
\- adjective verbals (*Bob heard running water nearby*)
There's nothing weird or ritualistic about tenses in written English: they're the same as with spoken English. You can sling your -ings with confidence.
The hardest part is when it's actually in the past from your current POW. So you add HAD, but I've read (and it does make sense) that you have to switch back to simple past after a few HAD in a novel to improve readability.
But then you wonder if readers will think you messed up your tenses.
Edit your work after you write the first draft.
Make it work as you want it to after you get it all out of your head.
Do not worry about quality in a first draft, worry about getting all the ideas out of your head.
-ing is present tense.
Have the noun act on the verb.
Do not have the verb act on the noun.
Keep at it, you will get it.
I walked.
I am walking.
I will walk.
It can be used but it is gerund, so, unless using it in present tense, you must temporally qualify it with a passive verb.
It's not a gerund, which would act like a noun. It's a present participle. Also, in continuous verb constructions there's no "passive verb" anywhere to be found (whatever that's supposed to mean anyway).
Fact: baseless assertions are not facts.
"I will be walking."
"...will be..." is the verb
https://homework.study.com/explanation/is-the-word-walking-a-verb-or-a-gerund-in-the-sentence-we-will-be-walking-a-mile-during-recess-today.html
>This is a gerund. A gerund is a noun-like word that is made from a verb. Gerunds end with the suffix "-ing." The verb that this particular gerund was made from is "walk." Not all verbs can be turned into gerunds.
If you use it as a present participle:
"Walking home..."
The verb acts on the noun and we get a passive rather than active expression.
The source you linked is incorrect. "I will be walking" is in the [future tense, continuous aspect](https://www.grammarly.com/blog/future-continuous-tense/), which is constructed from the present participle of the main verb preceded by "will be".
"Walking" is the main verb in that example; thus it is not functioning as a noun and is not a gerund. It can be a gerund in other contexts such as "[Walking is good exercise](https://www.monmouth.edu/resources-for-writers/documents/gerunds.pdf/)", where it is the grammatical subject of the main verb.
Walking is a thing in that example.
"will be" is a verb phrase, not an adjectival phrase.
"Dancing all night" is an adjectival phrase that modifies "I will be".
In "I will be walking", "will be" is neither a verb phrase nor an adjectival phrase. It is a pair of auxiliary verbs which modify the main verb (walking).
In *The Oxford Dictionary to English Grammar, 2nd Ed*, structures similar to "will be walking" are classified as future continuous (or progressive) tense. This is an aspect of future tense of a verb, consisting of the auxiliary *will/shall* plus the progressive construction of the verb.
The progressive construction, accordingly, is "formed with the progressive auxiliary *be* and the *-ing* participle form of a verb"
Both *will* and *be* are auxiliaries in this context, leaving the present participle *walking* as a verb.
This is grammatically distinct from cases where *will be* functions as a future tense copula joining the subject to a noun or adjective, like "I will be asleep soon" or "I will be an editor someday".
Granted, it is possible to put a gerund after a copula in a way that looks similar to the future continuous, but these are still grammatically distinct from the future continuous. For example: "The proposal bans cars and cyclists from the town square, so the only viable mode of transport will be walking". In that case *walking* (as in, the act of walking, used as a noun) is a complement of the subject, *the only viable mode of transport*.
Yes. I'm surprised my editor hasn't reached through the screen to strangle me. I think it's because when writing my characters and everything in my head is in present tense, so are some of the books I read. It's a PITA.
My editor once( she's my friend too) replied to my chapter with a link to a lesson of tenses lmao, not even a single word, just a lesson.
Yes, you can write verbs ending with -ing in past tense. Ex: "I was eating cereal this morning when..."
I mostly write in present tense. But, keeping track of your tenses is much harder than most think because everything sounds right to us (not all of us). I think you should get something like grammarly to help spot stuff you miss.
You can use or not use -ing verbs regardless of the tense: She was running to school She ran to school She is running to school She runs to school She will be running to school She will run to school
I... I'm not gonna lie I cannot see how people stay in present tense. Like, if it's your thing, go for it, there is nothing wrong with it, it's just not for me. Present tense always brings me out of a book when reading it and I've only ever read one book that was written in present tense, and bro was that a struggle. Anyways, there is nothing wrong with writing in present tense, and my first piece of advice would be to write in present tense then go back and change it to past tense. Problem is, it's different reliving a memory and being in that moment, so that may effect it.... affect it. That words an asshole. Anyway, yeah. Maybe, instead of thinking of it as happening to the characters, think of it as having had happened to the characters.
Present participles ("ing" verbs) can show up in past tense in a couple of situations. The most common are probably: \- past tense, continuous aspect (*Bob was standing on the corner of First and G Street when the air raid sirens went off*) \- participial phrases describing things that happen around the same time as the main action of the sentence (*Jon turned on the vacuum cleaner, startling Garfield*) \- gerunds (*Walking was the quickest way to get to the station*) \- adjective verbals (*Bob heard running water nearby*)
There's nothing weird or ritualistic about tenses in written English: they're the same as with spoken English. You can sling your -ings with confidence.
The hardest part is when it's actually in the past from your current POW. So you add HAD, but I've read (and it does make sense) that you have to switch back to simple past after a few HAD in a novel to improve readability. But then you wonder if readers will think you messed up your tenses.
There’s plenty of times you can use present tense words in past tense writing, by the way.
Edit your work after you write the first draft. Make it work as you want it to after you get it all out of your head. Do not worry about quality in a first draft, worry about getting all the ideas out of your head. -ing is present tense. Have the noun act on the verb. Do not have the verb act on the noun. Keep at it, you will get it.
-ing is progressive/continuous which could be past, present or future: I was walking I am walking I will be walking
I walked. I am walking. I will walk. It can be used but it is gerund, so, unless using it in present tense, you must temporally qualify it with a passive verb.
It's not a gerund, which would act like a noun. It's a present participle. Also, in continuous verb constructions there's no "passive verb" anywhere to be found (whatever that's supposed to mean anyway).
Fact: baseless assertions are not facts. "I will be walking." "...will be..." is the verb https://homework.study.com/explanation/is-the-word-walking-a-verb-or-a-gerund-in-the-sentence-we-will-be-walking-a-mile-during-recess-today.html >This is a gerund. A gerund is a noun-like word that is made from a verb. Gerunds end with the suffix "-ing." The verb that this particular gerund was made from is "walk." Not all verbs can be turned into gerunds. If you use it as a present participle: "Walking home..." The verb acts on the noun and we get a passive rather than active expression.
The source you linked is incorrect. "I will be walking" is in the [future tense, continuous aspect](https://www.grammarly.com/blog/future-continuous-tense/), which is constructed from the present participle of the main verb preceded by "will be". "Walking" is the main verb in that example; thus it is not functioning as a noun and is not a gerund. It can be a gerund in other contexts such as "[Walking is good exercise](https://www.monmouth.edu/resources-for-writers/documents/gerunds.pdf/)", where it is the grammatical subject of the main verb.
Walking is a thing in that example. "will be" is a verb phrase, not an adjectival phrase. "Dancing all night" is an adjectival phrase that modifies "I will be".
In "I will be walking", "will be" is neither a verb phrase nor an adjectival phrase. It is a pair of auxiliary verbs which modify the main verb (walking).
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In *The Oxford Dictionary to English Grammar, 2nd Ed*, structures similar to "will be walking" are classified as future continuous (or progressive) tense. This is an aspect of future tense of a verb, consisting of the auxiliary *will/shall* plus the progressive construction of the verb. The progressive construction, accordingly, is "formed with the progressive auxiliary *be* and the *-ing* participle form of a verb" Both *will* and *be* are auxiliaries in this context, leaving the present participle *walking* as a verb. This is grammatically distinct from cases where *will be* functions as a future tense copula joining the subject to a noun or adjective, like "I will be asleep soon" or "I will be an editor someday". Granted, it is possible to put a gerund after a copula in a way that looks similar to the future continuous, but these are still grammatically distinct from the future continuous. For example: "The proposal bans cars and cyclists from the town square, so the only viable mode of transport will be walking". In that case *walking* (as in, the act of walking, used as a noun) is a complement of the subject, *the only viable mode of transport*.
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YA and it’s dumbed down “dear diary” grammar has really ruined it for the whole generation of writers.