Participle question

[Aprilinga]

O.K. I am very ignorant in the area of grammar....I am finding this out as I try to work my way through Harvey's Grammar..

In the following sentence, is the word fighting a pariciple? or does it go with the preposition somehow.

When they were quite tired with fighting against each other, he induced them all to submit to him.

April in GA

[Lene Mahler Jaqua]

Yes, fighting is a present participle. In this case it is a verbal, a word derived from a noun. It is the object of the preposition "with".

Lene

[Aprilinga]

Thanks so much. I did not know a participle could be the iobject of a preposition .....By the content of this question, you can imagine how excited i am about the class this summer. I have already signed up and printed all of the information out. I will be ready.

I have fought off those fleshly urges to go ahead and byt Rod and Staff, because I feel so inadequate in this area. But i feel I will be missing out on my own wonderful learning experience if I bypass the hard work of it all and settle for a "curriculum." This class is an answer to prayers.

Thanks
Aprilinga