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Raymond Kii Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Confused with past participle(?) ...

Recently, I have learnt a new phrase called ' compensated dating'.
However, when I look up in the dictionary,
I can't find a word as 'compensated' and it leads me to page of the word 'compensate'.
Since I'm not a native speaker, it really confuses me.
To me, 'compensated' is sounds like an adjective,
but why I can't find this word in the dictionary?
Or maybe I misunderstood the part of speech of the word or other grammar concepts?

Another question is about,
are all the past participles derived from the verb can be used as adjectives?
For example, the word 'arrested' is the past participle form of the word 'arrest'.
Thus can we use 'arrested' as an adjective?
Could you guys please give me a detailed explanation Emotion: sad ?

The last question... (I know it's annoying Emotion: sad )
My friend shared a news with me and he typed the title as :
"The disease so often talked about these days"
I can't understand the word 'talked' here.
When I look up in the dictionary again,
I can't find this word and the dictionary leads me to the page of the word 'talk' again.

I am very confused about all these words Emotion: sad((
I really need help Emotion: sad
Thanks in advance Emotion: smile
  

Top answer

The -ed ending is so commonly used to form the past tense and the past participle that you will not find a separate entry in the dictionary for those verbs with -ed . A great many past participles are used as adjectives, but not all of them. Past participles might more accurately be called passive participles.

— CalifJim

  • The -ed ending is so commonly used to form the past tense and the past participle that you will not find a separate entry in the dictionary for those verbs with -ed .
  • A great many past participles are used as adjectives, but not all of them.
  • Past participles might more accurately be called passive participles.
  • These are the uses you have quoted.
  • The words "which is" or "which was" are omitted in many cases where a participle is used.
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The -ed ending is so commonly used to form the past tense and the past participle that you will not find a separate entry in the dictionary for those verbs with -ed.

A great many past participles are used as adjectives, but not all of them.

Past participles might more accurately be called passive participles. These are the uses you have quoted.

The words "
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Thanks for your answer CJ!
But I have another question:
We already have the adjective 'compensative' as the adjective form,
then why we still need to 'create' and use the word 'compensated' ?
What does that mean?

Another question is,
could you please give me some examples about past participles that
cannot be used as adjectives?

Thanks in advance!
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The song "We are the Champions" performed by "Queen" sounds way better than the covers of other bands.
The song "We are the Champions" that is performed by "Queen" sounds way better than the covers of other bands.

As far as I get it, adjective, participle I and participle II can all function as an attribute. Attribute modifies nouns and pronouns.
There are two positions that att
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Thanks for your reply but is seems that you're not answering my questions in #3...
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Thanks for your reply but it seems that you're not answering my questions...
Anyway thanks a lot!
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Raymond KiiWe already have the adjective 'compensative' as the adjective form,then why we still need to 'create' and use the word 'compensated' ?What does that mean?
Adding 'ed' to form a participle is so common that it can't be considered 'creating a word'. It's simply another form of a word that already exists. Both compensative and compensatory
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Thanks for your quick reply CJ.
But then I want to know why we need the passive meaning in the
phrase 'compensated dating' then?

Thanks in advance:)
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I'm just curious as to what the concept of "compensated dating" actually is. It conjures up an idea of 'escort service' to my mind.
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Raymond KiiI want to know why we need the passive meaning in thephrase 'compensated dating' then?
As Philip says, we don't even know for sure what it means or is supposed to mean so it's not possible to say why a passive meaning is needed. As written it seems to be 'dating that is paid for'. You'd have to ask the person who wrote it why he chose that express
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CJ and Philip,
I couldn't really connect to what the OP was referring to until your explanations hit me. I remember a bout a couple of years ago reading news about teenage girls, mostly high-school-age, would post solicitous messages (or Ads) on social website
stating that they are bored and would go out on a date with the condition that the date is paid for. Most started off as a companio
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