A) No winter boots past this point
or
b) No winter boots passed this point
Which is correct??? I know if there is a verb, past is correct, but there is not. And this refers to location, not time.
'Past' is used as a preposition here, meaning 'beyond'. 'Passed' is the simple past tense of 'to pass' and is therefore not relevant to this sentence.
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'Past' is used as a preposition here, meaning 'beyond'.
'Passed' is the simple past tense of 'to pass' and is therefore not relevant to this sentence.
anonymousNo winter boots passed this point.
This is a full sentence if you put a period at the end. It says that no winter boots walked by this point. Since winter boots can't walk, it doesn't make sense, but it's a grammatical sentence.
anonymousNo winter boots past this point