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Zoltán Király Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Get + Past Participle (or Adjective)
When are you getting married?
Getting = Present Participle
Married = Is "married" past participle or "adjective"?
But if it's past participle, how can we have both a present participle and a past participle in the same sentence? Is this possible?
It confuses me, and I'm unable to identify anymore in which tense is the whole sentence. Without "married" I can say it's present continous.
English is my 2nd language.
Getting = Present Participle
Married = Is "married" past participle or "adjective"?
But if it's past participle, how can we have both a present participle and a past participle in the same sentence? Is this possible?
It confuses me, and I'm unable to identify anymore in which tense is the whole sentence. Without "married" I can say it's present continous.
English is my 2nd language.
Top answer
I would consider "married" to be an adjective there.
- I would consider "married" to be an adjective there.
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Zoltán Király ... to identify ... in which tensePresent. You are. When are you...?isthe whole sentence is.
Zoltán KirályWithout "married" I can say it's present continous.And with "married" you can also say it's present continuous.
Zoltán
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Thank you.
This may sound silly, I'm not sure if I understand correctly. Is the question: "When are you getting married?" in the present continuous tense? The whole question?
This may sound silly, I'm not sure if I understand correctly. Is the question: "When are you getting married?" in the present continuous tense? The whole question?
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Zoltán KirályIs the question: "When are you getting married?" in the present continuous tense? The whole question?Yes. It's the same pattern as the one in the sentence below:
Why | is this room | getting | cold?
(When | are you .. | getting | married?)
CJ
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Thank you very much!
I learned that adjectives come before a noun or after the verb be. Is the adjective in the sentence above "married" an exception?
I learned that adjectives come before a noun or after the verb be. Is the adjective in the sentence above "married" an exception?
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Zoltán KirályI learned that adjectives come before a noun or after the verb be.There are a whole bunch of linking verbs that can precede an adjective:
I felt cold.
She became uneasy.
It seemed quiet.
It proved difficult.
etc.
"getting" in "getting married" has a meaning similar to "becoming" (thoug
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Zoltán KirályI learned that adjectives come before a noun or after the verb be.So far, so good. Those are in fact two places where adjectives can occur. However, there are other situations.
"after the verb be" should be extended to include verbs of being, becoming, appearance, and perceiving. Taken as a group, these are called "linking verb
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