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PrTv Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

It's me again, I've another question about Participle (Passive Participle).

0 00Hello again.02br
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00I have a question about the use of Participle in passive form.02br
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00I did the search and came up with this 2 years old thread:02br
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00I read it but I can't find the answer, so I have to ask.02br
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00Before I get to my question, let me tell you that I've already known the function of preposition, both past and present participle, so I don't have much problem using it. But the thing that I'm not quite sure is Passive Participle (being + Past participle).02br
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00When should we use this form ?02br
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00I know that Participle can be use as an adjective and my question is related to the adjectival use of participle.02br
00Using participle as an adjective, there are rules that if the subject or object that we intend to modify can perform the action itself, we use present participle (), but if it cannot perform the action, we use past participle.02br
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00About passive participle, I only see its use in Passive Continuous sentences (like: My car has been being fixed).02br
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00But in daily life, I saw many adjectival uses of it.02br
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00Police say the officers were responding to a report of other00 01font01b00officers being attacked02b02font00 00when they came under fire.02br
00(It was taken from CNN's website: 01a05100 02a00 )02br
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00Since the officers were attacked by someone, according to the grammatical rules said above, why didn't they just use "other00 01font01b00officers attacked02b02font00 00when they came under fire" ?02br
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00I guess the reason is that these two words (attacked and being attacked) have the different meaning.02br
00Could anyone please tell me the difference in these two words so that I can use them correctly ?02br
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00Thanks0260hrefhttp://www.EnglishForward.com/English/HowToUsePartParticiple/bpzwq/Post.htm251hrefhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/01/04/katrina.shooting.ap/index.html
  

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0 officers being attacked, officers were attacked:01font 00 they are attacked 01b 00by others02b 02font 02br 02br 00 officers attacked: 01font 00it's a bit confusing, but mostly it's the very same officers who performed the attack02br 02br 02font 01i 00other00 01font 01b 00officers attacked02b 02font 00 02i 00when they came under fire02br 00 wouldn't have been right, as this means that the attack was performed by those other officers, while in the original sentence:02br 02br 01i 00a report of other00 01font 01b 00officers being attacked02b 02font 00 02i 00when they came under fire02br 00 the attack is performed by other people 02br 0-

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  • 0 officers being attacked, officers were attacked:01font 00 they are attacked 01b 00by others02b 02font 02br 02br 00 officers attacked: 01font 00it's a bit confusing, but mostly it's the very same officers who performed the attack02br 02br 02font 01i 00other00 01font 01b 00officers attacked02b 02font 00 02i 00when they came under fire02br 00 wouldn't have been right, as this means that the attack was performed by those other officers, while in the original sentence:02br 02br 01i 00a report of other00 01font 01b 00officers being attacked02b 02font 00 02i 00when they came under fire02br 00 the attack is performed by other people 02br 0-
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0 officers being attacked, officers were attacked:01font00 they are attacked 01b00by others02b02font02br
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00 officers attacked: 01font00it's a bit confusing, but mostly it's the very same officers who performed the attack02br
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0My take:02br
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00Police say the officers were responding to a report of other 01font01b00officers being attacked02b02font00 00when they came under fire.02br
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00IMO, the omission of 01b01i01font00being02font02i02b0
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0 "a report of other officers being attacked"02br
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00"attacked" is the past participle, but it's not used as an adjective, here; it's used as part of a verb in the passive voice.02br
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00"a report of other officers being attacked" is short for "a report of other officers who were being attacked (at the time they received the report"02br
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0 00I'll add some example of Past Participle's use.02br
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00I found this in the USA's constitution.02br
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01font00J02font01font00udgement in cases of Impeachment shall not extend further then to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust
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0 I'm not 100 % sure that that's always the case, but in the above sentence about the officers being attacked, the "being" expresses the continuous aspect.02br
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00"officers being attacked" = "officers who are/were being attacked" (continuous aspect)02br
00"the Party convicted" = "the party who is/was/will be convicted" (simple aspect)02br
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0 Thankyou very much for your replies. I think I got it.0-
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