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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Participle? what is this grammatically?

Hi, if you had to parse this partial sentence, what would you call the underlined part?

... a blind person who has just had his eyes opened.
  

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It's a causative construction, and I believe the underlined is an adjective (I'm sure there are additional terms that can be applied to it, but I would start with adjective). CJ is much better at this than I am: I eagerly anticipate his response.

— Philip

  • It's a causative construction, and I believe the underlined is an adjective (I'm sure there are additional terms that can be applied to it, but I would start with adjective).
  • CJ is much better at this than I am: I eagerly anticipate his response.
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It's a causative construction, and I believe the underlined is an adjective (I'm sure there are additional terms that can be applied to it, but I would start with adjective). CJ is much better at this than I am: I eagerly anticipate his response.
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Sorry to disagree with Philip, but it is in fact a past participle. In this case the "have + object + past participle" structure is used to mean "to experience an event or action" : having his eyes opened.
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RatiatumSorry to disagree with Philip, but it is in fact a past participle. In this case the "have + object + past participle" structure is used to mean "to experience an event or action" : having his eyes opened.

No argument that it is a past participle. But past participles, as well as present participles, can be used as adjectives. That is how
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<<what would you call the underlined part?

... a blind person who has just had his eyes opened. >>

There are a variety of terms that can be used to describe the underlined part.

adjective.
participle.
past participle.
object complement.
object-oriented resultative (secondary predication).

CJ
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