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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The staff or the funds to effectively.

In addition, people in managerial positions complain repeatedly that they are held responsible for things over which they have little control. As a leader, for example, you might be expected to work with an ill-performing team member, yet you might not have the power to fire him or her. You might also be called on to produce a high-quality service or product but not be given the staff or the funds to get the job done effectively.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
Here, the author used not "to be done," but "done."
So I think the past participle can express a event that may occur someday.
I'd like to know in what case I can get a past participle to express a event that may occur someday.
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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express a an event

— Oligalma

  • express a an event
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Please don't double post, park sang joon.
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park sang joon the author used not "to be done," but "done."
That's a catenative structure. We don't add "to be" in that structure.

get the job done; get the letter written; get your clothes cleaned; get the papers signed; get your hair trimmed; ...
park sang joonSo I think the past participle can express a event that m
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I'm so sorry, fivejedjon.Emotion: sad
But I didn't intend this.
While I was uploading my thread, the page was stalled with the progress ba
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park sang joonWhile I was uploading my thread, the page was stalled with the progress bar coming and going on for a long time.So, I had to cancel the uploading.
The same thing happened to me during the same time period and a few of my posts got doubled.

CJ
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