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Vlivef Posted 7 years ago
Vocabulary

Stay put

Hi,

Example: "Stay put until I get back" [+]

(1) What part of speech is "put" in [+]?

(2) I guess 'stay put' looks a bit unusual to many English learners. I wonder if native speakers too "feel" this expression is .... kind of unique? at least as compared to "stay here/there" and other straightforward stay + adverb constructs?

Looking forward to your comments!

  

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vlivef (1) What part of speech is "put" in [+]? It's a past participle, in this case adjectival. vlivef (2) I guess 'stay put' looks a bit unusual to many English learners.

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  • vlivef (1) What part of speech is "put" in [+]?
  • It's a past participle, in this case adjectival.
  • vlivef (2) I guess 'stay put' looks a bit unusual to many English learners.
  • I wonder if native speakers too "feel" this expression is ....
  • kind of unique?
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vlivef(1) What part of speech is "put" in [+]?

It's a past participle, in this case adjectival.

vlivef(2) I guess 'stay put' looks a bit unusual to many English learners. I wonder if native speakers too "feel" this expression is .... kind of unique?

It's an idiomatic expression. There are some other grammatically a

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