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Cup cake Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Simple Past versus Past Participle
He Everyone,
I was typing a heading into Word only to have it correct the following adjective. Here is the heading I typed in:
The Drunk Sailor.
Word tells me is should be 'The Drunken Sailor.'
Which is correct?
Can you say both?
Thanks
Cup Cake
I was typing a heading into Word only to have it correct the following adjective. Here is the heading I typed in:
The Drunk Sailor.
Word tells me is should be 'The Drunken Sailor.'
Which is correct?
Can you say both?
Thanks
Cup Cake
Top answer
Cup cake The Drunk en Sailor. The verb "drink" has two past participles. "drunk" is the usual one for forming verb tenses.
- Cup cake The Drunk en Sailor.
- The verb "drink" has two past participles.
- "drunk" is the usual one for forming verb tenses.
- They have drunk the Kool-Aid .
- "drunken" is the usual one for use as an adjective.
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Cup cakeThe Drunken Sailor.The verb "drink" has two past participles. "drunk" is the usual one for forming verb tenses. They have drunk the Kool-Aid. "drunken" is the usual one for use as an adjective. Drunken sailors tore up the bar.
The verb "drink" is unusual in this way, though "shrink"
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Many thanks CJ.
BTW, - dictionary.com - says 'drunk' is an adjective.
Wow...English is CONSTANT upgrading!
BTW, - dictionary.com - says 'drunk' is an adjective.
Wow...English is CONSTANT upgrading!
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Cup cake'drunk' is an adjective.Yes. I forgot about that usage. It's the predicative use: The soldiers are drunk. But the attributive use is The drunken soldiers ...
The use of "drunk" attributively is almost non-existent.
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