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Old 25-Oct-2006, 20:54
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Thanks so much. Now I have the test for determining whether a term is past tense or past participle. I just have to bear in mind that in some cases I might have to decide which term sounds 'less' strange, accept the less strange sounding one, and know that the less strange sounding one is the past participle. I accept what you say, but it seems to me that there is still a missing link somewhere. For example, something that would help the non-native English speaker who isn't necessarily the best judge of what sounds 'less strange' versus what doesn't. Oh well.
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The average non-native speaker would probably know the difference between the past tense and the past participle and simply apply the rule that the past participle is used there. Non-native speakers often have a much better conscious knowledge of grammar than native speakers, who often only know something is right, but not why.
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You could very well be correct about that. Perhaps they have better grammar teachers than we do.
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