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Surfer Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
participle adjectives
Hello, everyone.
the followng sentence is a typical example of an -ing adjective:
"Many people find snakes frightening."
My question is: can such adjectives follow the verb to be directly? For example, can we use frightening from the previous sentence and say:
This snake is frightining.
while still regard it as adjective, not the progressive tense?
the followng sentence is a typical example of an -ing adjective:
"Many people find snakes frightening."
My question is: can such adjectives follow the verb to be directly? For example, can we use frightening from the previous sentence and say:
This snake is frightining.
while still regard it as adjective, not the progressive tense?
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Surfer My question is: can such adjectives follow the verb to be directly? Yes. while still regard it as adjective, not the progressive tense?
- Surfer My question is: can such adjectives follow the verb to be directly?
- Yes.
- while still regard it as adjective, not the progressive tense?
- Yes.
- You can tell it is a modifier if you can use an adverb: This snake is very frightening.
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SurferMy question is: can such adjectives follow the verb to be directly?Yes.
SurferThis snake is frightining.while still regard it as adjective, not the progressive tense?Yes. You can tell it is a modifier if you can use an adverb:
This snake is very frightening.
This snake is rather f
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Yes, that's fine. It would be analysed as a progressive aspect verb, for example, if it had an object:
This snake is frightening. (participial adjective)
This snake is frightening the children (verb, progressive)
This snake is frightening. (participial adjective)
This snake is frightening the children (verb, progressive)
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