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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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An adjective?


Would you baulk at regarding "rescued" as an adjective here?

He was rescued by one of his companions.
  

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Hi, Would you baulk at regarding "rescued" as an adjective here? He was rescued by one of his companions. Yes, I would.

— Clive

  • Hi, Would you baulk at regarding "rescued" as an adjective here?
  • He was rescued by one of his companions.
  • Yes, I would.
  • It's the passive form of the active 'One of his companions rescued him'.
  • Other cases can have more ambiguity, eg 'The window was broken'.
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Hi,

Would you baulk at regarding "rescued" as an adjective here?

He was rescued by one of his companions.


Yes, I would.
It's the passive form of the active 'One of his companions rescued him'.

Other cases can have more ambiguity, eg 'The window was broken'. I don't see that in your example.

Best wishes, Clive
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