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Negating participles and gerunds

I am trying to ask how to negate participles and gerunds and will use examples that may or may not be idiomatic, as follows: (a) pouvant de patience (b) en pouvant (c) en pouvant de patience (d) en ...
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Is "en" a pronoun or preposition in "n’en pouvant plus"?

The question is on en as occurring as highlighted in this excerpt from Voltaire's Candide. Candide, tout stupéfait, ne démêlait pas encore trop bien comment il était un héros. Il s’avisa un beau ...
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