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Pen grape 927 Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

English Grammar of the verb "dressed"

Is this sentence "I'm not going out with you dressed like that." grammatically correct? I wonder the function and type of the word "dressed"?

  

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pen grape 927 I'm not going out with you dressed like that. OK grammatically. 'dressed' is a (past) participle.

— CalifJim

  • pen grape 927 I'm not going out with you dressed like that.
  • OK grammatically.
  • 'dressed' is a (past) participle.
  • 'dressed like that' is therefore a participle clause.
  • Its semantic relationship to the main clause is basically equivalent to "when" or "while" or maybe even "if": I'm not going out with you when/while/if you are dressed like that.
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pen grape 927I'm not going out with you dressed like that.

OK grammatically. 'dressed' is a (past) participle. 'dressed like that' is therefore a participle clause. Its semantic relationship to the main clause is basically equivalent to "when" or "while" or maybe even "if":

I'm not going out with you when/while/if you are dressed like that.

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