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The use of the words 'pass' and 'fail'



 
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The use of the words 'pass' and 'fail' #1 (permalink) Sat Apr 05, 2008 22:21 pm   The use of the words 'pass' and 'fail'
 

Hi

I would like to understand the use of the following words as adjectives.

Quote:
Pass
Fail


As verbs:

Quote:
I passed the test.
I failed (in?) the test.


But using them as adjectives, can we say:

Quote:
The teacher gave a party to the passed students only.
Please tell me the number of the passed and failed students in this class.


Many thanks,

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The use of the words 'pass' and 'fail' #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.
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The use of the words 'pass' and 'fail' #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.
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The use of the words 'pass' and 'fail' #4 (permalink) Sun May 17, 2009 21:31 pm   The use of the words 'pass' and 'fail'
 

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 ?
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The use of the words 'pass' and 'fail' #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.
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