I made this thread to ask a question from the same person. I thought we’d share it. I hope it’s more helpful. What is your guess? We can use the -ing form in front of a noun when the action is something that doesn’t involve another object. How do people sleep? What does dancing girl mean? Who are the greatest forces outside of our body? Is ‘-ing’ a verbal form when you are performing an action on another object? A fishing man – fishing will require a fishing pole. A punching man – the man will need to punch something

if not his own shirt.