2. In the sentence below, "gone" is not part of a participle, which is by definition a noun or an adjective. A sentence using the past (perfect) participle of gone might be the following: "Having gone to the store, my sister missed the mailman."
christian
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote:
> A friend of mine had a squabble with her grammar professor and wants me, as
> a native English-speaker, to say she's right. The question under dispute:
>
> Is a past participle a verb or an adjective in the passive?
>
> For example, in the statement, "We would have gone if not for the rain," is
> "gone" a verb, an adjective, or what?
>
> Despite my literature degree, I have no clue. (Truth be told, I had
> forgotten what a past participle is.) And after a bunch of Googling, I'm no
> closer to an answer. Any insights?
>
> --
> "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen
> lytlað."
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