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raewon
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 Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 5:55 pm Post subject: simple answer needed (parts of speech) |
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Can someone answer what should be a simple question?
What part of speech is needed in
"Part-time worker needed"?
Thanks in advance |
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Thiuda
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Location: Religion ist f�r Sklaven geschaffen, f�r Wesen ohne Geist.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:02 pm Post subject: Re: simple answer needed (parts of speech) |
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| raewon wrote: |
Can someone answer what should be a simple question?
What part of speech is needed in
"Part-time worker needed"?
Thanks in advance |
The example is a declarative sentence in which Part-time worker is the subject and needed the verb. |
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aske
Joined: 25 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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It's a verb. It's the past participle.
Are you a teacher or student? |
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raewon
Joined: 16 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks. I am both. That is the answer I gave, but someone was being
argumentative about it.
Thanks a lot. |
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aske
Joined: 25 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| raewon wrote: |
Thanks. I am both. That is the answer I gave, but someone was being
argumentative about it.
Thanks a lot. |
In what way were they being argumentative, i.e. what did they think it was?
Your example is a common elision used in print. The non-elided sentence would be 'A part-time worker is needed in...'. It's also a passive construction (e.g. 'A part-time worker is needed in Seoul by Samsung' instead of 'Samsung needs a part-time worker in Seoul'). |
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SteveSteve
Joined: 30 Jul 2010
Location: Republic of Korea
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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"Needed" is the verb. It's a past-participle and it's used in the passive voice. The auxiliary verb "is" was omitted. Usually newspapers and ads (which your example resembles) eliminate the auxiliary verb of passive constructions in order to save space.
EDIT ** Sorry, aske. Didn't read your above response first.  |
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Geumchondave
Joined: 28 Oct 2010
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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If you are having problems with this type of thing don't worry - lots of people are teaching out here who havent really studied the mechanics of English and some who haven't done a TESOL/TEFL or equivalent.
I would strongly recommend you get yourself a copy of 'Practical English Usage' by Michael Swan - this is a life saver, my degree is in English and I did a tesol but I still use this is a reference tool at least every few weeks - it is a life saver especially when you get an argumentative student - keep it in your bag or desk draw and you will always be able to give your students a detailed and accurate answer. |
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