I'm confused. Doesn't ..ing in English denote the present participle? In French that would suggest "leaving" would be expressed as "partant", "talking" as "parlant" etc; not the use of the infinitive.
Present participle?
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Kevin W.KwizIQ community member
Present participle?
This question relates to:French lesson "Avant de + infinitive = Before + -ing in French"
Asked 10 months ago
Kevin,
Infinitives and present participles in English do not follow the same rules of usage as their French counterparts. Just another grammatical difference between the 2 languages.
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/glossary/verbal/infinitif-infinitive
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/glossary/verbal/le-participe-present-et-le-gerondif
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/how-to-form-le-gerondif-en-ant-whileby-ing
https://www.thoughtco.com/french-present-participle-1368923
https://www.thoughtco.com/french-infinitive-linfinitif-1368866
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