Could someone explains to me verbs that act as an adjectives or sometime actions?

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For example the sentenceVirgil Oldman (Geoffrey Rush) is one of the world’s top art auctioneers, a profession I know very little of, but this rich world is beautifully evoked with sumptuous sets, artworks, and fine dining in restaurants.Why evoked with ed? and the sentence is not in past tense? Or Each time he meets her, he becomes more involved, more obsessedWhy involved and obsessed have ed at the end? When it's in simple present tense? Thank you

Ivanhr · Accepted Answer

'evoked' is used in passive voice.
The other two instances of 'eds' are adjectives (more involved/obsessed).

CalifJim · Answer

The participles of any verb can be used to modify nouns.

There are two participles for each verb. The second of the two may look exactly like the past tense of the same verb, but it is not really the same form. If you look at irregular verbs like 'take' and 'see', you will note that those participles (taken; seen) are not the same as the past tense (took; saw). When the two forms are the same, it is just a coincidence.

Verb ... - ... Participles

evoke ....... evoking; evoked
take ...........taking; taken
see ............seeing; seen
obsess ...... obsessing; obsessed
involve ...... involving; involved
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The participle with -ed or -en is used to form the passive voice. That's what you have in your first sentence. This rich world is evoked .... Note the auxiliary is.

In your second example, the participles are not part of a passive voice construction. They simply describe the subject "he".

What you need to learn more about now is participles and the passive voice. When you understand these topics better, you can turn your attention to distinguishing between participles that are parts of verb tenses and participles that are modifiers or complements.

CJ

Phucuong5415 · Answer

thank you so much, I will look more into participles and passive voice

Could someone explains to me verbs that act as an adjectives or sometime actions?

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