Participles used as adjectives.

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1. John and Leene were married by a Bishop.Here married is used as a participle.   2. John and Leene were happily married for about six months.According to American Heritage, here married is used as an adjective. They say, "to confirm it, use married before a noun".   3. For about six and a half month, Joh and Marry were a happily married couple.My question is that can we regard married as a participle in sentence 2. Without any noun, it perfectly seems like a participle.GB

Goodman · Accepted Answer

Grammarian-bot
1. John and Leene were married by a Bishop.

Here married is used as a participle.

2. John and Leene were happily married for about six months.

According to American Heritage, here married is used as an adjective. They say, "to confirm it, use married before a noun".

3. For about six and a half month, Joh and Marry were a happily married couple.

My question is that can we regard married as a participle in sentence 2. Without any noun, it perfectly seems like a participle.

GB

Hi GB,

Many verbs are used in a passive voice, such as:

I am tired, interested, excited, honored etc…It depends on how one is taught, some consider this usage as past participle used as adjectives while others think of them as passive voice. As long as it’s used correctly, it does really matter what you call it. That’s my opinion.

Inchoateknowledge · Answer

a participle is a verbal that is used as an adjective and ends in
-ing or -ed.

Vanyatka · Answer

Grammarian-bot 1. John and Leene were married by a Bishop.

Here married is used as a participle.

2. John and Leene were happily married for about six months.

According to American Heritage, here married is used as an adjective. They say, "to confirm it, use married before a noun".

3. For about six and a half month, Joh and Marry were a happily married couple.

My question is that can we regard married as a participle in sentence 2. Without any noun, it perfectly seems like a participle.

GB

If we assume that to merry is the act to become married, then 2nd usage should be an adjective. They became married (once) - action, therefore participle, then they were married for some time, characteristic of noun, therefore adjective.

Inchoateknowledge · Answer

to marry, infinitive; to get married, idiom: get+participle(adj); to be married, present passive.

Goodman · Answer

Vanyatka
Grammarian-bot
1. John and Leene were married by a Bishop.

Here married is used as a participle.

2. John and Leene were happily married for about six months.

According to American Heritage, here married is used as an adjective. They say, "to confirm it, use married before a noun".

3. For about six and a half month, Joh and Marry were a happily married couple.

My question is that can we regard married as a participle in sentence 2. Without any noun, it perfectly seems like a participle.

GB

If we assume that to merry is the act to become married, then 2nd usage should be an adjective. They became married (once) - action, therefore participle, then they were married for some time, characteristic of noun, therefore adjective.

As I said in the last post, a good number of verbs in English are used in the “verb to be + Past participle” structure which can be interpreted as “past participle used in passive voice” Like he is drunk”, or “ participle adjective”. It’s a matter of how you were taught.

I am excited about going to . – passive/past participle adjective, because I am made excited by the trip.

The trip excites me – The China trip which is the subject excites me.

I am getting married. Passive/ past participle adjective

I am marrying Barbara next week. Active

Walking up 10 flights of stairs exhausted me – active

I am exhausted from the walking 10 flight of stairs! Passive / past participle adjective

CalifJim · Answer

1. John and Leene were married by a Bishop.
Here married is used as a participle. I would say that it is a participle used in the verb phrase were married, not merely that it is used as a participle.

2. John and Leene were happily married for about six months.
According to American Heritage, here married is used as an adjective. Here I would say again that it is a participle used as an adjective.

CJ

Garnett · Answer

Grammarian-bot 1. John and Leene were married by a Bishop.

Here married is used as a participle.Hi there. New here. Interested in this thread.

How would the sentence differ if the perfect passive of the transitive usage of "marry" were used here instead?

Personally I think this is what is being used here.

Grammarian-bot 2. John and Leene were happily married for about six months.
According to American Heritage, here married is used as an adjective. They say, "to confirm it, use married before a noun".

3. For about six and a half month, Joh and Marry were a happily married couple.

My question is that can we regard married as a participle in sentence 2. Without any noun, it perfectly seems like a participle.

GB
I would say it's a participle in both cases. Just as you have participle nouns, so you can have participle adjectives.

"The departed" "The journeyed traveller"

Goodman · Answer

I am tired from working all night on this project. This is a simple sentence. Is [tired] a past participle or an adjective in this sentence. From my point of view it’s both depending on how the person was taught. Many verbs are often used in the “passive” form as adjectives. [Married] is one of them.

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Anonymous · Answer

Could you explain about participle -ing and participle -ed used as adjective?
Thanks before

Participles used as adjectives.

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