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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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Are ''eaten'' and ''beaten'' being used as adjective in the...?

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01font01font01b001:02b00 Sweets have been02font00 01b01i01u01font00eaten02font02u02i02b00 02font01font00by me.02font02br
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01font01b002: 02b00He has not been 01b01i01u01font00beaten02font02u02i02b00 by us.02font02br
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12br 12br 11font 11font 11b 101:12b 10 Sweets have been12font 10 11b 11i 11u 11font 10eaten12font 12u 12i 12b 10 12font 11font 10by me. 10(eat, ate, eaten). 12br 12font 12br 12br 11font 11b 102: 12b 10He has not been 11b 11i 11u 11font 10beaten12font 12u 12i 12b 10 by us.

— Yoong Liat

  • 12br 12br 11font 11font 11b 101:12b 10 Sweets have been12font 10 11b 11i 11u 11font 10eaten12font 12u 12i 12b 10 12font 11font 10by me.
  • 10(eat, ate, eaten).
  • 12br 12font 12br 12br 11font 11b 102: 12b 10He has not been 11b 11i 11u 11font 10beaten12font 12u 12i 12b 10 by us.
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01font01font01b001:02b00 Sweets have been02font00 01b01i01u01font00eaten02font
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0I believe Goodman is correct but couldn't it be said:02br
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01font00'In' is not correct.02br
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01font00<<With02font00 00the context provided, they are both verbs used in passive form which sometimes>>...02br
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00You’d changed the prep from [with] to [in] which obviously is correct to you. 02br
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00Let me give you the following sentence. Which one do you th
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01font01b00With 02b00the clues discovered from the crime scene, the police was able to arrest the suspect quickly.02font0-
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0[With] is correct in this context, as well as the previous one you changed. Do yo see why? 050010id2
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01font01i00''With02i00 is correct in this context, as well as the previous one you changed.''02font02br
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00I'm sure you are correct but again I'm just trying to convince myself. Shouldn't it be:02br
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