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Participio Presente — Present Participle·Three-Way Choice — Gerund, Present Participle, or Relative Clause
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Rule reminder

GERUND = adverbial (how/when/why). PRESENT PARTICIPLE = adjectival/nominal (describes noun or IS the noun). RELATIVE CLAUSE = describes noun, used in speech and with complex tenses.

Three-Way Choice — Gerund, Present Participle, or Relative Clause1 / 10

'___ bene, si vive meglio.' (mangiare — by eating well, one lives better)