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Ccp Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Participle of ‘hand over’
Hi,
what is the participle of the verb ‘hand over’
I found it defined as a transitive verb in merriam-webster.com. Additionally I found it conjugated in verbix.com, stating that the participle would be ‘hand overed’.
However, I confess I feel weird to write ‘... premises will be hand overed to the company in 2016”.
Thank you,
what is the participle of the verb ‘hand over’
I found it defined as a transitive verb in merriam-webster.com. Additionally I found it conjugated in verbix.com, stating that the participle would be ‘hand overed’.
However, I confess I feel weird to write ‘... premises will be hand overed to the company in 2016”.
Thank you,
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"hand overed" is blatantly wrong. It looks like the product of a computer program that dumbly adds "-ed" to the end of words. It should be "handed over".
- "hand overed" is blatantly wrong.
- It looks like the product of a computer program that dumbly adds "-ed" to the end of words.
- It should be "handed over".
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"hand overed" is blatantly wrong. It looks like the product of a computer program that dumbly adds "-ed" to the end of words. It should be "handed over".
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In a phrasal verb, the particle never changes.
The lights were switched off.
Not:
X The lights were switch offed.
The lights were switched off.
Not:
X The lights were switch offed.
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