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#2 (permalink) Sun Apr 06, 2008 0:35 am The use of the words 'pass' and 'fail' |
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. I passed the test. I failed the test.
The teacher gave a party for the students who passed only. Please tell me the number of students in this class who passed and failed.
While 'failed' is indeed used as an attributive adjective, I find 'passed' odd in that position. . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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Mister Micawber Language Coach
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#3 (permalink) Sun Apr 06, 2008 0:45 am The use of the words 'pass' and 'fail' |
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. You could use the present participle as an adjective this way, Tom:
The teacher gave a party for only the students with passing grades. . _________________ "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#4 (permalink) Sun May 17, 2009 21:31 pm The use of the words 'pass' and 'fail' |
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hi passed and failed used as attributive adjective only so wa can't use it as predicatively adjective ? like lone ,chemical ,former can someone give me all attributive adjective only ? and all predicatively adgective only ? Thanks |
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Afnan I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#5 (permalink) Sun May 17, 2009 23:01 pm The use of the words 'pass' and 'fail' |
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. I don't believe a complete list exists; attribute adjectives are an open set, and your grammar book should include the most common predicative ones. . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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