Syntactic role
Is the word "drawn" from the following sentence adjective, Passive voice or it serves as a 3rd form verb?
From the mid-ninteenth century to the present, historians have criticized the tendency to produce vivid stories of the library's grandeur and the tragedy of its destruction, drawn from primary sources that are scarce, vague, and often inconsistent.
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anonymous drawn from primary sources ... 'drawn' is the past participle (third form) of 'draw'. ", so 'drawn' is part of an implicit passive construction.
- anonymous drawn from primary sources ...
- 'drawn' is the past participle (third form) of 'draw'.
- ", so 'drawn' is part of an implicit passive construction.
- The antecedent is "stories".
- CJ
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anonymousdrawn from primary sources ...
'drawn' is the past participle (third form) of 'draw'.
The entire clause that follows is a reduced relative clause, the full form being 'which were drawn from ...", so 'drawn' is part of an implicit passive construction. The antecedent is "stories".
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