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Originally Posted by M56 From, A Grammar of the English Language, by William Cobbet. (1818)
"The Participles, however, are different in point of importance. They are of two sorts, that active and the passive. The former always ends in -ing and the latter is generally the same form of the past time of the verb out of which it grows. Thus: working is an active participle and worked a passive participle."
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Let's all note the date on that ancient text.
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Originally Posted by M56 One would hope so, unless you are God. As for the rest, blabberings of an over-confident, self-important, French speaker. |
Allow me to take this opportunity to remind everyone that we are here to discuss the issues, not the author. Professionalism, please. Students are reading.
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Originally Posted by AlainK As for "blabberings of an over-confident, self-important, <edited, no swear words please, mind your P&Qs> speaker", yes, I think I still can take lessons from other people, I am willing to learn, oh, how I'm loving it |
Our apologies, AlainK. M56's views do not reflect how we here at UsingEnglish feel about posters or their contributions.
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Originally Posted by AlainK fill in the gaps with the correct definition:
-past participle
-past participle passive
-passive past participle |
I agree, Alain. Define your terms, M56.