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Snappy Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Tame or tamed?
"Out cat is tame" is English.
According to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, "tame" is also used as a verb and it means "to train a wild animal to obey you and not to attack people."
Then is it possible to say, "Our cat is tamed," or does it apply to only wild animals, such as elephants and tigers?
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Snappy "Ou r cat is tame" is natural in English. Snappy Our cat is tamed That's grammatical and may work in some limited contexts. There are two issues with it: 1- The tense.
- Snappy "Ou r cat is tame" is natural in English.
- Snappy Our cat is tamed That's grammatical and may work in some limited contexts.
- There are two issues with it: 1- The tense.
- Consider using the past simple, for example.
- 2- As you mention above, "tame" as a verb is used with wild animals, and that does not usually apply to cats as pets.
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Snappy"Our cat is tame" is natural in English.
SnappyOur cat is tamed
That's grammatical and may work in some limited contexts. There are two issues with it:
1- The tense. Consider using the past simple, for example.
2- As y
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