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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Beaten

0Why is is correct to say "He was beaten to death" instead of "He was beat to death"02br
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00Beaten=past participle02br
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00Beat=simple past02br
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00Isn't above sentence simple past tense?02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Why is is correct to say "He was beaten to death" instead of "He was beat to death"12br
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10Beaten=past participle12br
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10Beat=simple past12br
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10Isn't above sentence simple past tense?12br
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It is correct to say "He was beaten to death." because in this sentence "was" is the main verb of the sentence, while "beaten" is considered only to be the past participle acting as an adjective (or the subject complement as you will), like in the case of: She was beautiful. So to answer your question, the first sentence is in the simple past tense (past indefinite tense more correctly).
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