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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Past participle
Why is "worked" called a past participle when it is used in the present tense, this is to say in the present perfect, as in He's worked hard ?
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Anonymous Why is "worked" called a past participle It is just a convenient term. Anonymous it is used in the present tense, this is to say in the present perfect, as in He's worked hard ? Present perfect refers to the past, actually, though the action may be continuing into the present.
- Anonymous Why is "worked" called a past participle It is just a convenient term.
- Anonymous it is used in the present tense, this is to say in the present perfect, as in He's worked hard ?
- Present perfect refers to the past, actually, though the action may be continuing into the present.
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AnonymousWhy is "worked" called a past participleIt is just a convenient term.
Anonymousit is used in the present tense, this is to say in the present perfect, as in He's worked hard ?Present perfect refers to the past, actually, though the action may be continuing into the present.
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Past participle (or Participle II) is a non-finite form of a verb, which has lots of uses: to form passive voice (the job was done), perfect tenses (he has worked); it can be used as an attribute (the locked door), adverbial modifiier (When questioned, she replied reluctantly). The common feature is that the action or state is completed. Or at least partly comleted (such examples as "he's worked
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