Wrought
The slow transformation of the LAPD was not the only change wrought by the riots.
I think that "wrought" is a verb in the sentence above. (The riots wrought changes in the LAPD.)
Am I correct?
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anonymous Am I correct? *** knows. For me, this is one of the places where strict grammar breaks down.
- anonymous Am I correct?
- *** knows.
- For me, this is one of the places where strict grammar breaks down.
- My instincts say it is a verb, with a tacit "that was", but the structure is so common and ingrained that I resist that idea and want "wrought" to be something other than a verb in its own right.
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anonymousAm I correct?
*** knows. For me, this is one of the places where strict grammar breaks down. My instincts say it is a verb, with a tacit "that was", but the structure is so common and ingrained that I resist that idea and want "wrought" to be something other than a verb in its own right.
0anonymousI think that "wrought" is a verb in the sentence above.
It is, but the verb form is practically archaic. It is an ancient past participle of "work." That was when "work" was a strong, not weak, verb.
There is a famous saying "What hath *** wrought?"
And it survives in the phrase wrought iron, as in railings.
0anonymousThe slow transformation of the LAPD was not the only change wrought by the riots.
I think that "wrought" is a verb in the sentence above. (The riots wrought changes in the LAPD.)
Am I correct?
Yes, that's correct.
'wrought' is a very old form. It was the past of 'work' in the sense of 'shape', as in 'wrought iron',
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