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Aug 6 at 4:01 comment added Anton Sherwood If nothing else, one could argue that the solutions are designed before they are built, resolving the tense problem.
Aug 6 at 1:29 answer added Andy T timeline score: 0
Jul 26, 2012 at 17:10 history tweeted twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/228537701962506241
Jul 26, 2012 at 13:49 comment added Noah @tchrist- I thought participles were not acting as verbs. Thanks for clearing that up.
Jul 26, 2012 at 13:40 vote accept martincho
Jul 26, 2012 at 13:34 comment added tchrist @Noah Sure it is. It just isn’t a finite one. Participles, gerunds, and infinitives can all introduce verbal phrases in English, which makes them verbs, verbs that just happen to function as substantives or modifiers. Consider: “Finishing it early is what makes me happiest”; the direct object of finishing is it, and only verbs have direct objects, so finishing is without question a verb. It is also acting as a substantive here. You can do the same with the other non-finite forms.
Jul 26, 2012 at 13:29 comment added Noah Designed is not acting as a verb.
Jul 26, 2012 at 13:25 answer added Barrie England timeline score: 5
Jul 26, 2012 at 13:11 answer added tchrist timeline score: 10
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