Definition:
The third principal part of a verb, created by adding -ed, -d, or -t to the base form of all regular verbs and many (but not all) irregular verbs. See also:
Examples and Observations:
- "The-ed participle combines with a form of the auxiliary have for the perfect: has cared, has said, may have walked. It combines with a form of the auxiliary be for the passive: is paid, was told, are being auctioned, could have been seen. It is also used as the verb in an -ed participle clause: I had my study redecorated; Asked for his opinion, Ian was non-committal; Among the objects recovered from the ship was a chair stamped with the captain's initials."
(Sylvia Chalker and Sidney Greenbaum, "Participle," The Oxford Companion to the English Language, ed. by Tom McArthur. Oxford Univ. Press, 1992) - "Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which
can do so much, cannot decide what it ought to do."
(Joseph Wood Krutch) - "I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television and just be savaged by stuff that belittles their intelligence."
(Alice Walker) - "Frowned upon as unspeakably common by some gardeners, the gnome is often viewed as a rather crude decoration, which has not been helped by the introduction of mooning gnomes and even naked gnomes."
("Notes on a Small Island: The Things That Really Make Britain Great." The Independent, Aug. 28, 2008) - "A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory."
(Arthur Golden)
Also Known As: passive participle, -ed participle
