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akihiko
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 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 6:09 am Post subject: A past tense verb or a past participle? |
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In the following sentense, is the word "linked" a past tense verb or a past participle? If it is a past tense verb, what is its subject and what is its object? If it is a past participle, what is its subject?
Research commissioned by Britain�s Food Standards Agency found a clear link between additives and hyperactivity in children, a major cause of classroom breakdown and even linked by earlier research to delinquency as children grow older. |
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IanT
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 6:37 am Post subject: |
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Here, it is a past participle form used as an adjective. It seems to be referring to hyperactivity.
The sentence is not brilliant. A better ending would be
"....hyperactivity in children, a major cause of classroom breakdown, which has even been linked by earlier research to delinquency as children grow older."
In this version "linked" would be a past participle used with the present perfect.
Hope helps,
Ian
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