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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

past or passed

What word is it? Past or passed. Is past the correct word in the situation?

I could no longer stop. I had past the light when it was amber.
  

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Passed is the past tense of pass . " It can get confusing, but if you remember the -ed common ending for verbs in the past tense, it helps.

  • Passed is the past tense of pass .
  • " It can get confusing, but if you remember the -ed common ending for verbs in the past tense, it helps.
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Passed is the past tense of pass. So, you need "passed the light." It can get confusing, but if you remember the -ed common ending for verbs in the past tense, it helps.
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I had past the light when it was amber

Pass = verb Eg: I passed by a shop
past = adverb Eg: walked past you

in your sentence, you need a verb not an adverb. No adverb without a verb right? remember
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Hi,

In N. America, we say I went through the light when it was amber.

Clive

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