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Participle
//ˈpɑɹtɪˌsɪpəl//
"Participle" in a Sentence (7 examples)
I'd like to ask a grammarian, isn't it possible to think of 'be + participle' like you do V C and such?
In a progressive tense sentence it becomes the -ing form verb, that is the present participle.
The past participle must agree with the direct object if the direct object precedes it.
A participle is partly verb and partly adjective.
In French, the past participle, when used with the auxiliary "avoir", never agrees with the subject of the verb.
The part of a verb, that is partly a verb and partly an adjective, we call a participle.
This sentence contains a participle.
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