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JohnniesWorking Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

In the sentence, "get dressed," is the word dressed a verb?

Hello everyone. I was wondering if someone could help me answer this questions. Even though I am a native speaker of English, I often find breaking things down grammatically somewhat difficult. I think that in the sentence, "get dressed," the word dressed is a verb, is this correct? Thanks.

  

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JohnniesWorking in the sentence, "get dressed," the word dressed is a verb Correct. 'dressed' is the past participle of the verb 'to dress'. CJ

— CalifJim

  • JohnniesWorking in the sentence, "get dressed," the word dressed is a verb Correct.
  • 'dressed' is the past participle of the verb 'to dress'.
  • CJ
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JohnniesWorkingin the sentence, "get dressed," the word dressed is a verb

Correct. 'dressed' is the past participle of the verb 'to dress'.

CJ

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That looks like copulative "get" to me, equivalent to "become", making "dressed" an adjective.

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