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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
We have been married(present perfect passive?)
1. We're married (for?) three years.
2. We've been married three years
Q) What do you think is the part of speech for "married" in #1 and #2?
Are they both adjectives or only one of them, #1, is so?
I don't think "married" in #2 is a past participle that makes the past voice for the sentence. But I do think "constructed" in #3 is a past participle verb that makes the past voice for the sentence. What do you think?
3. The building has been constructed for 3 years (by Samsung).
2. We've been married three years
Q) What do you think is the part of speech for "married" in #1 and #2?
Are they both adjectives or only one of them, #1, is so?
I don't think "married" in #2 is a past participle that makes the past voice for the sentence. But I do think "constructed" in #3 is a past participle verb that makes the past voice for the sentence. What do you think?
3. The building has been constructed for 3 years (by Samsung).
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(1) and (3) are not very natural English. In (2) I would say that "married" is an adjective.
- (1) and (3) are not very natural English.
- In (2) I would say that "married" is an adjective.
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(1) and (3) are not very natural English.
In (2) I would say that "married" is an adjective.
In (2) I would say that "married" is an adjective.
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