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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Spangled

The moon hung low above the horizon, and all around it the pale sky was still spangled with stars.
I read the above in "The Golden horsemen of Baghdad".
How do we decide whether "spangled" is an adjective or a passive construction?
  

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Jigneshbharati How do we decide whether "spangled" is an adjective or a passive construction? Test it to see if it's an adjective, and if it fails the test, then it's part of a passive construction. But to do this, you must be able to create sentences of your own, and then decide whether these sentences are grammatical.

— CalifJim

  • Jigneshbharati How do we decide whether "spangled" is an adjective or a passive construction?
  • Test it to see if it's an adjective, and if it fails the test, then it's part of a passive construction.
  • But to do this, you must be able to create sentences of your own, and then decide whether these sentences are grammatical.
  • As a learner of English, you may just be substituting one problem for another.
  • An adjective generally can be used before a noun, after a linking verb, with the adverbs very, rather, more, or most , (sometimes with already ), and coordinated with another adjective with and .
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JigneshbharatiHow do we decide whether "spangled" is an adjective or a passive construction?

Test it to see if it's an adjective, and if it fails the test, then it's part of a passive construction.

But to do this, you must be able to create sentences of your own, and then decide whether these sentences are grammatical. As a learner of English, you m

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