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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Stuck tense

What is stuck in this sentence? Is it considered a past or present tense?

My door is stuck.

Is the entire sentence in present but stuck in past!
  

Top answer

'stuck' is an adjective in your sentence.

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  • 'stuck' is an adjective in your sentence.
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'stuck' is an adjective in your sentence.
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So the tense does not matter if it is an adjective, or what does that mean? Do you mean that it could not be in any other form when it is an adjective?
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So any adjective can be in a past form in a present sentence? Here are other examples:

I am caught up with work. (What is caught here?)
The man is dead. (What is dead?)

If these sentences are in the present, then what are the words. Please clarify, briefly.
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AnonymousSo any adjective can be in a past form in a present sentence?
No. Adjectives and adjectival forms have no idea of "tense." Only inflected (finite) verbs have "tense."

For example, your sentence can be expressed in many different tenses. The adjective does not change. The verb changes:

I am caught up with my work. (present)
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