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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Created

Hi,

"In recent years, he argues, an organisation created to harness individualism became obsessed with loyalty, discipline and control..." [From The Independent.]

The word "created" is an adjective in this context, isn't it?

Thank you.
  

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The whole non-finite clause ('created to harness individualism') is an adjective.

— Mister Micawber

  • The whole non-finite clause ('created to harness individualism') is an adjective.
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The whole non-finite clause ('created to harness individualism') is an adjective.
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Thank you, MM, for your useful reply.

I've just thought along this line (but not been quite sure) : "to harness" is a verb of purpose hence the omitted "in order" (before that) could imply that the "created" is an adjective; in other words: "the organisation was created in order to harness individualism..." where "created" is an adjectival complement of
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Anonymous "the organisation was created in order to harness individualism..." where "created" is an adjectival complement of the subject "the organisation".
In this case, it is the past tense, passive voice of the verb with no agent (agentless passive). See CJ's post in this thread.
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Thank you, AS, for the useful link.
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Ooh! Nice link. Blessings on CJ again!
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AlpheccaStars Anonymous "the organisation was created in order to harness individualism..." where "created" is an adjectival complement of the subject "the organisation".In this case, it is the past tense, passive voice of the verb with no agent (agentless passive). See CJ's post in this thread.
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