Verb past participle form in prsent tense/Future tense
I was checking slate (verb) meaning in Longman dictionary and the example sentence is little confusing.
slate ( as verb) meaning is planned to happen in the future, especially at a particular time.
Example: He is slated to appear at he Cambridge Jazz Festival next year.
In the above example it's past participle form of slate (slated), would anyone guide me what rule it is following?
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He is slated to appear at he Cambridge Jazz Festival next year. It's a passive voice verb phrase, with "be" + past participle. , The production was slated by the theatre to be shown next month.
- He is slated to appear at he Cambridge Jazz Festival next year.
- It's a passive voice verb phrase, with "be" + past participle.
- , The production was slated by the theatre to be shown next month.
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He is slated to appear at he Cambridge Jazz Festival next year.
It's a passive voice verb phrase, with "be" + past participle. Generally, passives with this meaning of "slate" are 'short passives', the kind that does not have a by phrase, though I suppose one could be added, e.g., The production was slated by the theatre to be shown next month.
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