Fell or fallen

0Do you know that fallen is the past participle of fall and fell is the past tense?02br
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00He fell down the stairs yesterday. Look at his poor leg in the cast.02br
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00Due to the *** scandal, the NewYork senator who used to be popular because of his efforts in cracking down on prostitution rings is now a fallen star.0-

0Do you know that fallen is the past participle of fall and fell is the past tense?>>No02br
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00Can you eleborate on it or give me references and what is basic difference between past tense and past participle?0-

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10I usually get confused when to use fell and fallen in the sentence kindly if someone can clear my doubt regarding this12br
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10fall fell fallen02br
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00fell felled felled02br
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00I often fall down. (present)

0I have to say I'm shocked to hear that. Your command of English is pretty good yet you've never learned that? No offense. I guess we have very different education systems.02br
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00Try to search the forum for them. You should get hundreds of threads on this topic.0-

0Thanks Yoong Lait for such a wonderful explanation.02br
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00Kindly correct me if I am wrong in the last sentence of the examples you provided02br
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00'The woodcutter has felled the tree.'02br
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00I think it should be fallen instead of felled.0-

0Oh no! I wasn't aware of the second set "fell felled fellen"? I think I heard of them when I was a kid and today is the first time in years.02br
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00What's the difference between the first and the second? 0-

0 00To solve the problem, one has to understand tenses and voices (active and passive) apart from having a good vocabulary. I have come across an article titled 05000 which, if digested properly, should provide some help. 00 0230hrefhttp://kengtpenangenglish.blogspot.com/2008/02/tenses.htmlcTENSES

0Guys, don't get excited about this. I don't think I have EVER had a need to use "fell" as in the "the wood cutter felled the tree" in my entire existence.02br
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00Worry about the:02br
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00I fall down a lot.02br
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00I fell down the stairs yesterday.02br
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00I have fallen on this slippery spot in the past,

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10'The woodcutter has felled the tree.'12br
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10I think it should be fallen instead of felled.12br
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10It should `felledl`, which means `chopped down`; `fallen` relates to `fallen down`. 0-

0Thanks Yoong Liat for clarifying0-