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Hilda9 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Participles
One of my students wrote „the made progress“ in an essay. When sehe asked why I had marked it wrong, I said the participle had to go after the noun because it was a shortened relative clause: „the progress that has already been made“. But why can we use constructions such as „set goals“ or „written assignment“? What‘s the difference in comparison with „made progress“?
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The participles in "set goals" and "written assignment" describe what kind of things we are talking about: "What kind of goals? " "What kind of assignment? " However, "made" does not describe "what kind of".
- The participles in "set goals" and "written assignment" describe what kind of things we are talking about: "What kind of goals?
- " "What kind of assignment?
- " However, "made" does not describe "what kind of".
- We can't say "What kind of progress?
- " Remember that in English we write quotation marks like "this", not like „this“.
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The participles in "set goals" and "written assignment" describe what kind of things we are talking about: "What kind of goals? Set goals." "What kind of assignment? A written assignment." However, "made" does not describe "what kind of". We can't say "What kind of progress? Made progress."
Remember that in English we write quotation marks like "this", not like „this“.
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