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Ben9108 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Questions on past particple?

0I have grammar problems. Have anyone to solve it?02br
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001. The provisional items included in the maintenance works are ‘less’ urgent compared to the fixed items.02br
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01font00* The provisional items included in the maintenance works (which/that) are ‘less’ urgent 01u00compared 02u00to the fixed items.(Is ‘compared….’ a past participle phase?)02font02br
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002. The quantities listed in the tender are considered to be the ‘estimated maximum quantities’ of works required based on the recently revealed site conditions.02br
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01font00 *(Is ‘listed…’ a past participle phase?) 02font02br
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01font00*(required is a adjective & past participle, Is it correct in usage/ grammar? How to use it if correct? )02font02br
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01font00*(revealed is a adjective & past participle, Is it correct in usage/ grammar? )02font02br
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003. We regret to find that the illegal opening remains untouched to date.02br
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01font00* (Is untouched correct? Can I use untouchable in lieu of untouched?)02font02br
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00A grammar book (The Cobuild Series) mentioned that the infinitive without 'to' and the past partciple form of the verb are used in only a few combinations.02br
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00Have anyone to explain what is the few combinations? ~Give some example~02br
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00Thanks0-
  

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0 Hello Ben01blockquote 01cite 10Ben910812cite 101. 12blockquote 10"Compared to" is a fixed (idiomatic) phrase, so we'd better take it as it stands without analyzing it grammatically. But please note that "less urgent compared to" is ungrammatical if "less" is not marked by the single quotation marks.

— Paco2004

  • 0 Hello Ben01blockquote 01cite 10Ben910812cite 101.
  • 12blockquote 10"Compared to" is a fixed (idiomatic) phrase, so we'd better take it as it stands without analyzing it grammatically.
  • But please note that "less urgent compared to" is ungrammatical if "less" is not marked by the single quotation marks.
  • 01blockquote 01cite 10Ben910812cite 10 2.
  • 12blockquote 10 "The quantities listed in the tender" is a contraction of "the quantities (which are) listed in the tender".
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0 Hello Ben01blockquote
01cite10Ben910812cite101. The provisional items included in the maintenance works are 'less' urgent compared to the fixed items.12blockquote
10"Compared to" is a fixed (idiomatic) phrase, so we'd better take it as it stands without analyzing it grammatically. But please note that "less urgent compared to" i
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0Hi Ben,02br
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00 The provisional items00 [00included00 00in the maintenance works] (which/that) are ‘less’ urgent00 [01u00compared00 02u00to the fixed items00].02br
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00For # 1, “included” and “compared” were used as a participle adjective clause modifying “01i00maintenance work” and “f
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01font00(which) are ‘less’ urgent 02font00[01font00than02font00]01font00 the 02font00fixed items when compared. 02br
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00I have a problem about the voice in "compared". I think it should be passive voice in
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0 00Yes, you are right.02br
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00The provisional items included in the maintenance works are 'less' urgent compared to the fixed items.02br
00= The provisional items included in the maintenance works are 'less' urgent [when they(=provisional items) are]compared to the fixed items.02br
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00Exhausted by the morning work, he sprawled hims
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0Your asked:02br
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00which are 'less' urgent than the fixed items 01u00when 00are00 compared02u00. ~ clause)02br
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00Am i correct?_01i00____________________________________02i02br
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01font00No, it’s not correct02font00. 00Apple is les
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0Thanks for your reply02br
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00Apple is less expansive when compared with orange. 02br
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00You mean that the "compared" is past tense and active voice. Is that right?02br
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01font01u00Exhausted by the 02u00morning work00, he sprawled himself on bed.02font02br

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0 "Compared with ..." was originally derived from the contraction of an adverbial clause "when something is compared with ...", but it is now used as a kind of a compound preposition. So, as I told in the first reply, you'd better not analyze it too much grammatically.02br
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00 (EX) Most Bermudian beaches are small 01u00compared with02u00 ocean b
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01cite10Ben910812cite10Thanks for your reply12br
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10Apple is less expansive when compared with orange. 12br
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10You mean that the "compared" is past tense and active voice. Is that right?12br
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11font11u10Exhausted by the 12u1
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