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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Is this sentence right?

Is this sentence right? Is "obsess" an adjective or a verb?

She is obsessed with Britney Spears.
  

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Hi there. Yes, it is OK. Since the forms of Passive Voice and Past Participle are the same here it could hardly be distinguished.

— Fandorin

  • Hi there.
  • Yes, it is OK.
  • Since the forms of Passive Voice and Past Participle are the same here it could hardly be distinguished.
  • be + past participle is used when we describe state of an item and action of an item.
  • In first case the copula "be + Past Participle" acts as a Passive form, in another - in a function of compound predicate (Past Participle is getting close to adjective in meaning ): The building is built rather quickly (action).
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Hi there. Yes, it is OK. Since the forms of Passive Voice and Past Participle are the same here it could hardly be distinguished.
be + past participle is used when we describe state of an item and action of an item. In first case the copula "be + Past Participle" acts as a Passive form, in another - in a function of compound predicate (Past Participle is getting close to adjective in meaning
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