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Hanuman_2000 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Sunken

Hello,

The word "sunken" is Past participle of "sink" or a different work altogether.

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Sunk is the past participle of sink . Sunken is an adjective.

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  • Sunk is the past participle of sink .
  • Sunken is an adjective.
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Sunk is the past participle of sink. Sunken is an adjective.
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hanuman_2000Hello,The word "sunken" is Past participle of "sink" or a different word altogether.Thanks.
It used to be used as the past participle of sink. You can see that usage in very old texts, and it is still listed that way in some dictionaries. In modern English, it is used as an adjective, and the past participle is "sunk."
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Hello,

It means the word "sunken" is altogether a different word , not related to the word "sink".

I mean that the word "sunken" belongs to the same word family as the word "sink" or to a different word family.

Thanks.
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hanuman_2000I mean that the word "sunken" belongs to the same word family as the word "sink"
Yes, they have the same root.
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