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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
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A participle phrase inserted without enclosing commas.

The next day we were all snowed in.

1) I'd like to know whether the phrase 'all snowed' is a participle phrase.
2) I'd like to know whether 'all' is the subject of the verb 'snowed'.
3) I was wondering whether a participle phrase is positioned in the middle of a sentence without enclosing commas.

Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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park sang joon I'd like to know whether 'all' is the subject of the verb 'snowed'. No. 'snowed in' roughly equivalent in meaning to 'trapped/imprisoned by the snow' is functioning adjectivally here, though it is possible to see 'we were snowed in' as a passive construction.

— Fivejedjon

  • park sang joon I'd like to know whether 'all' is the subject of the verb 'snowed'.
  • No.
  • 'snowed in' roughly equivalent in meaning to 'trapped/imprisoned by the snow' is functioning adjectivally here, though it is possible to see 'we were snowed in' as a passive construction.
  • ' all' could here be an adverb, meaning 'completely; as such, it would modify 'snowed in'.
  • all' meaning 'all of us'.
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park sang joon I'd like to know whether 'all' is the subject of the verb 'snowed'.
No. 'snowed in' roughly equivalent in meaning to 'trapped/imprisoned by the snow' is functioning adjectivally here, though it is possible to see 'we were snowed in' as a passive construction. '

all' could here be an adverb, meaning 'completely; as such, it would modif
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Thank you, fivejedjon, for your concrete answer. Emotion: smile
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park sang joon1) I'd like to know whether the phrase 'all snowed' is a participle phrase.
" Snowed in ' is an 'ed' ( or past ) participle phrase, with passive meaning. "All " is a determiner and not part of the phrase as you assumed.
park sang joon3) I was wondering whether a participle phrase is positioned in the middle of a sentenc
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EverydayEnglish"All " is a determiner and not part of the phrase as you assumed.
It could be functioning adverbially, as I pointed out.
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Thank you, EverydayEnglish, for your concrete answer. Emotion: smile

"Snowed in ' is an 'ed' ( or past ) participle phrase, with p
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park sang joonI meant such a thing like the following by 'enclosing comma'.
That is called 'quotation marks'.
park sang joonDo you mean as 'snowed' is in a passive form, 'snowed' needs not the subject?
Take alook at this link. You may get a better idea:
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park sang joonDo you mean as 'snowed' is in a passive form, 'snowed' needs not the subject?
"The next day we were all snowed in." 'We' is the grammatical subject of the passive verb construction 'were snowed (in)'.
park sang joonBut I didn't think 'in' is a part of the participle phrase 'snowed in'
The particle/adverb 'in' i
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EverydayEnglishThat is called 'quotation marks'.
Not in something such as this: We stayed there, snowed in, until the snowploughs reached us. This is what I think psj had in mind.
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Thank you both, fivejedjon and EverydayEnglish, for your continuing to support.
Your answers are very helpful to me. Emotion: smile
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