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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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participle that is both adjective and part of participle in differing situations

Hi
In a thread I started I asked why these are hyphenated and the reason could be that the underlined part is an adjective and I believe a person said 'yes', My next question is how do we know if a participle is an adjective if a particular noun like "finished" could be both an adjective and part of participle in a sentence?

The work is finished. The work is finished by Jim.

long-finished (long, finished??) work
  

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Anonymous My next question is how do we know if a participle is an adjective if a particular noun word like "finished" could be both an adjective and part of participle in a sentence? Anonymous The work is finished. The work is finished by Jim.

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  • Anonymous My next question is how do we know if a participle is an adjective if a particular noun word like "finished" could be both an adjective and part of participle in a sentence?
  • Anonymous The work is finished.
  • The work is finished by Jim.
  • In the simple present passive, the participle is very similar to an adjective.
  • Adding the words "by Jim" to your sentence clearly establishes "finished" as a participle because it is clearly the simple present passive.
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AnonymousMy next question is how do we know if a participle is an adjective if a particular noun word like "finished" could be both an adjective and part of participle in a sentence?
AnonymousThe work is finished. The work is finished by Jim.
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