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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Past Tenses 'i was tricked'

In the sentence 'I was tricked.', what is the tense? was is the auxillary for the past progressive, but tricked isn't progressive. What kind of sentence construction is this? I think it has something to do with transitive verbs with anonymous subjects?
  

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Anonymous tricked isn't progressive. No; it is just a participle. Anonymous What kind of sentence construction is this Passive voice : 'be' + past participle.

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  • Anonymous tricked isn't progressive.
  • No; it is just a participle.
  • Anonymous What kind of sentence construction is this Passive voice : 'be' + past participle.
  • I was tricked [by my opponent].
  • Anonymous I think it has something to do with transitive verbs with anonymous subjects?
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Anonymoustricked isn't progressive.
No; it is just a participle.
AnonymousWhat kind of sentence construction is this
Passive voice: 'be' + past participle. I was tricked [by my opponent].
Anonymous I think it has something to do with transitive verbs with anonymous subjects?
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