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Example : I love someone named.....Why do we put "d" in named?

Tanit · Accepted Answer

Hi,

I love someone named ... = I love someone [who is] named ...

"Named" in your sentence is a past participle acting as an adjective. To put it with Swan (Practical English Usage, 3rd edn., §410.2),

We often use participles after nouns in order to define or identify the nouns, in the same way as we use identifying relative clauses.
We couldn't agree on any of the problems discussed. (= ... the problems that were discussed.)
The people questioned gave very different opinions. (=The people who were questioned ...)
I got the only ticket left.

Participles can act as adjectives also in other structures, for instance after linking verbs: I am tired, She looks bored. He seems interested etc.

(This was not an exhaustive answer, but hopefully somebody will improve it.

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CalifJim · Answer

To name someone is to give them a name.

When the person was very young child, the parents named the child. (They gave the child a name -- in the past.) Adding the d indicates the past.

So this says: I love someone [who was given (in the past) the name] ....

Does that help?

CJ

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