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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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As planned

The election will go ahead as planned on Thursday.

Is "planned" a past participle or a finite verb in the sentence above?

  

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anonymous Is "planned" a past participle or a finite verb in the sentence above? There is no way of judging because of the elision. Two paraphrases are possible: The election will go ahead as [we] planned on Thursday.

— Mister Micawber

  • anonymous Is "planned" a past participle or a finite verb in the sentence above?
  • There is no way of judging because of the elision.
  • Two paraphrases are possible: The election will go ahead as [we] planned on Thursday.
  • The election will go ahead as [it was] planned on Thursday.
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anonymousIs "planned" a past participle or a finite verb in the sentence above?

There is no way of judging because of the elision. Two paraphrases are possible:

The election will go ahead as [we] planned on Thursday.

The election will go ahead as [it was] planned

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