Came racing (double verbs)?

2010-03-22 6:02 am
Hi, everybody, I would like seek your kindest help answer my English question.

When I am reading a novel, I see the sentence below,

[My mom CAME RACING to my door]

I wonder that [came] and [race] are both verbs, can one sentence has two main verbs?

Besides, if we treat [racing] as not a verb, what is its word order? Is it an adverb? But it sounds weird.

Or, instead, [come racing] is an idiom?

Could someone who are good at English explain the reason why the sentence in question can be written in this way?

Thanks in advance.
更新1:

So...if [racing] is an adjective, what nouns does it describe? "My mom came racing to my door" [My mom] or [door]? Why are they described by the word 'racing'?

回答 (2)

2010-03-29 1:16 am
✔ 最佳答案
"Racing" must be an adverb in this case

In this instance- Racing = quickly = fast

Came quickly

Came fast
2010-03-22 6:03 am
Hehe easy.

Came is the verb. Racing is what we call a gerund. A gerund is when a verb acts like an adjective (usually when it has -ing on it).

Hope that helps!


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