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Annabellegl Posted 8 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Verb or Adjective
In the sentence, (the man who had been lamed by stones) is lamed a verb or adjective?
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It's a past participle verb, used here with the perfect auxiliary verb "been" to form the passive VP "been lamed with stones" The larger VP "had been lamed by stones" is a past perfect tense, passive voice.
- It's a past participle verb, used here with the perfect auxiliary verb "been" to form the passive VP "been lamed with stones" The larger VP "had been lamed by stones" is a past perfect tense, passive voice.
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It's a past participle verb, used here with the perfect auxiliary verb "been" to form the passive VP "been lamed with stones"
The larger VP "had been lamed by stones" is a past perfect tense, passive voice.
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