word | participle |
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definition | A word that is formed from a verb but used like an adjective. |
eg_sentence | In the phrase “the crying child,”“crying” is a present participle; in “satisfaction guaranteed,” “guaranteed” is a past participle. |
explanation | English verbs can take several basic forms, which we call their principal parts: the infinitive (“to move,” “to speak,” etc.), the past tense (“moved,” “spoke”), the past participle (“moved,” “spoken”), and the present participle (“moving,” “speaking”). The participles are words that “take part” in two different word classes: that is, verb forms that can also act like adjectives (“the spoken word,” “a moving experience”). A grammatical error called a dangling participle occurs when a sentence begins with a participle that doesn't modify the subject; in the sentence “Climbing the mountain, the cabin came in view,” for example, “climbing” is a dangling participle since it doesn't modify “cabin. |
IPA | ˈpɑrtɪˌsɪpəl |
Tags: mwvb::unit:9, mwvb::unit:9:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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