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Yaronkadem Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

A question about tense

Hi All,

I have a general question about using verbs in sentences.

I know the following sentences are correct (correct me if I'm wrong).

"The message is not displayed"
"The message does not display"

About the first one, if 'display' is verb (not adjective), then how could I use 'is not' before it ?.

About the second one, what object in the sentence performs the act of displaying or not displaying the action (display), the message itself ?

Thanks a lot for your valued answers.

Yaron
  

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Hi. In the first sentence, displayed is the past participle of the verb display. Past participles sometimes function as adjectives.

— Elanguest

  • Hi.
  • In the first sentence, displayed is the past participle of the verb display.
  • Past participles sometimes function as adjectives.
  • In the second sentence, message is the subject that does not perform the action of displaying.
  • Hope that helps!
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Hi. Emotion: smile

In the first sentence, displayed is the past participle of the verb display. Past participles sometimes
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I see, was I was missing is that past participle verbs sometimes function as adjectives.

Thanks a lot for your help :-)

Yaron
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