Timeline for What is the grammatical term for “‑ed” words like these?
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| Mar 25, 2019 at 6:07 | comment | added | No Name | Ah that makes sense, thanks for the example. | |
| Mar 25, 2019 at 5:51 | comment | added | herisson | @NoName: Likewise, there is a distinction between -ing forms that are verbs "used as nouns", e.g. in contexts like "Carefully building relationships is an important element of success" ("building" here would traditionally be called a gerund) and -ing forms that actually are nouns, such as "building" in "The careful building of relationships is an important element of success" (this type of noun can be called a "gerundial noun"; see my question here: Is “programming” not a noun?). | |
| Mar 25, 2019 at 5:51 | comment | added | herisson | @NoName: Terminology in this area is a bit confusing. A verb in participle form can be said to be "used as an adjective", in that it can appear in many of the same contexts as an adjective (for example, after a form of "to be"). But many linguists would say that a verb does not become an adjective just by being used this way. | |
| Mar 25, 2019 at 5:42 | comment | added | No Name | I though the word "participle" meant "verb form used as an adjective"; in my understanding, the "-ing" form of a verb can be referred to as a participle or a gerund, depending on whether it's used as a verb or a noun. | |
| Mar 24, 2019 at 22:57 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | This is a very good answer. At the risk of making things harder than they need be, I cannot help but wonder whether it also applies to such things as hard-boiled eggs with hard-set egg yolks, hard-bound books, hand-drawn illustrations, horse-drawn carriages, hard-handed despots, hard-bitten veterans, hard-nosed detectives, hard-hearted lovers, hard-fought battles, hard-won victories, and ill-gotten gains. | |
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| Mar 24, 2019 at 22:45 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | Right: ideas can be unfounded, but probably not companies. | |
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| Mar 24, 2019 at 22:26 | history | answered | herisson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |