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Passive or noun compliment?

0 Hello, 02br
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00How do you differentiate between passive or noun compliment? 02br
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00eg. Sam is married. 02br
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00Noun Compliment : Sam is a married man. 02br
00Passive : Sam is married by some one. 02br
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00eg. Letter is written 02br
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00Noun compliment: Letter is not empty but has some written word 02br
00Passive : Someone writes the letter. 02br
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0Sometimes it's difficult; sometimes it's impossible. If it seems like a condition, and we don't care how the subject got that way, then it's an adjective complement of the noun: 02br 02br 00He's married. 02br 00I'm tired.

— Mister Micawber

  • 0Sometimes it's difficult; sometimes it's impossible.
  • If it seems like a condition, and we don't care how the subject got that way, then it's an adjective complement of the noun: 02br 02br 00He's married.
  • 02br 00I'm tired.
  • 02br 00They're excited.
  • 02br 02br 02br 00If it suggests the activity, and we are curious as to who or what caused it, then it is passive voice: 02br 02br 00Buffalo are hunted.
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0Sometimes it's difficult; sometimes it's impossible. If it seems like a condition, and we don't care how the subject got that way, then it's an adjective complement of the noun: 02br
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00I'm tired. 02br
00They're excited. 02br
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00If it suggests the activity, and we are curious as to who or
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0 Dear Teachers, 02br
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00In noun complement "be" is used as an ordinary verb. And in the passive construction "be" is used as an auxiliary verb. 02br
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00So, when present/past participle used as an adjective gives us ambiguous picture. Because "be' could either be a ordinary verb or an auxiliary verb. Mr.MM's comments are suffice to c
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