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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
-ed
When do you add the -ed?
I want the medium sized drink. And
The small sized t-shirt.
Why and when do we add the -ed? THnks!
I want the medium sized drink. And
The small sized t-shirt.
Why and when do we add the -ed? THnks!
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This is something that's very common in English. The - ed suffix is added to a noun or nominal to form an adjective which can then be used to modify a noun, as in one-armed bandit . The suffix is identical to that used to form a regular past participle, though the adjective that's formed is not actually a past participle.
- This is something that's very common in English.
- The - ed suffix is added to a noun or nominal to form an adjective which can then be used to modify a noun, as in one-armed bandit .
- The suffix is identical to that used to form a regular past participle, though the adjective that's formed is not actually a past participle.
- Usually the base consists of two words (a nominal), a noun and a dependent, and the resultant expression is then hyphenated: two-faced , three-bedroomed , one-eyed and your examples small-sized , medium-sized ; but sometimes it's just a single noun that the suffix attaches to, like bearded .
- In other cases the prefix be is also added, as in bejewelled and bespectacled .
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This is something that's very common in English. The -ed suffix is added to a noun or nominal to form an adjective which can then be used to modify a noun, as in one-armed bandit. The suffix is identical to that used to form a regular past participle, though the adjective that's formed is not actually a past participle.
Usually the base consists of two words (a nominal), a n
Usually the base consists of two words (a nominal), a n
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