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Active or Passive, adjective or main verb - I am Confused 1) I was disappointed by the quality of the wine. disappointed are not adjective here? It's main verb in passive conctruction? The quality of the wine disappointed me. [ Active disappointed - verb] If disappointed in this case doesn't adjective why this sentetce used as an example for adjective here ([ oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/disappointed ]) ? 2) She was disappointed not to be chosen. Passive? disappointed - main verb? Which will be Active? If I see auxiliary verb togehter with (disappointed, satisfied, etc.) it is always NOT adjective!? It's main verb in passive conctruction? Can you give me example where disappointed is adjective? For example I understand that satisfied is adjective here. [ A satisfied customer. ] So I can say in this way - A disappointed customer. I'm satisfied that they are telling the truth. [ satisfied - verb or adjective? Passive or Active? ] Thanks in advance!

23 févr. 2016 11:35

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I was disappointed by the wine . Disappointed is passive in this sentence . you can also understand this by the '' by '' used after it . The quality of the wine disappointed me . In this sentence disappointed is active in past form though . and it doesn't really matter , I've seen many dictionaries do the same . She was disappointed not to be chosen . in this one it is an adjective . I'm gonna suggest you a way to recognize whether it is adjective or passive . You see if you can add with after disappointed it is adjective but if you see by or the meaning indicates that the doer of the action is not important it is passive . Different adjectives have different conjunctives though in this case it is with . Hope you understood it :)

23 février 2016

Well, when we put the verb "to disappoint" in past participle form (disappointed), we can use it as an adjective, in passive forms and in perfect aspects. Adjectives which describe feelings (disappointed, satisfied, interested, etc) can be seen as passive, but of course we treat them as regular adjectives. The only example where you could argue that we have a passive form is the "I was disappointed by the quality of the wine." Still, I have no problem seeing it as an adjective instead of a passive sentence. There's no real need to say it's one and not the other. Your other two sentences use the past participle as an adjective. You can check the rules for passive sentences to verify this.

23 février 2016

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