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Here's the Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of the grammar term 'participle':

a word having the characteristics of both verb and adjective

especially : an English verbal form that has the function of an adjective and at the same time shows such verbal features as tense and voice and capacity to take an object

In "the finished product," the word "finished" is a participle formed from the verb "finish."

But the same dictionary lists "finished" as an adjective.

Does this mean a participle is not a verb but an adjective?

Note that I'm asking not whether a participle can function as a verb or an adjective but whether it is a verb or an adjective.

participles

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  @Chappo My question is not about whether a participle can function as a verb or an adjective, but about whether a participle is a verb or an adjective.
  
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  Traditionally, all words were said to belong to one or more of a limited set of word classes. That is a model which was created for various Classical languages, and it doesn’t always fit English very well. Some words, like participles, do not fit the model at all. If you really want to shoehorn participles into belonging to just one specific word class, it would have to be participle, because there is no other class that fits properly. Word class assignation is not the focus of a dictionary, but of a grammar; dictionaries give simplified word classes for lemmata, but they are often wrong.
  
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  The truth is you want an answer that says M&W's explanation of participle is false. You're not interested in understanding that a past participle can be either a verb or an adjective. For some reason, you want an answer that says it must be one or the other. Has anyone in the comments agreed with that position? Nope, but you don't care.
  
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  And your replies have a tone of defiancy which have wearied me, which is why I am deleting my answer.
  
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Here's the Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of the grammar term 'participle':

a word having the characteristics of both verb and adjective

especially : an English verbal form that has the function of an adjective and at the same time shows such verbal features as tense and voice and capacity to take an object

In "the finished product," the word "finished" is a participle formed from the verb "finish."

But the same dictionary lists "finished" as an adjective.

Does this mean a participle is not a verb but an adjective?

Note that I'm asking not whether a participle can function as a verb or an adjective but whether it is a verb or an adjective.

participles

share|improve this question

edited Apr 7 at 7:41

listeneva

asked Apr 7 at 3:51

listenevalisteneva

3481313

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Chappo My question is not about whether a participle can function as a verb or an adjective, but about whether a participle is a verb or an adjective.
  
  – listeneva
  Apr 7 at 7:38
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  What’s the difference between “functions as” and “is”?
  
  – Richard Z
  Apr 7 at 8:04
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Traditionally, all words were said to belong to one or more of a limited set of word classes. That is a model which was created for various Classical languages, and it doesn’t always fit English very well. Some words, like participles, do not fit the model at all. If you really want to shoehorn participles into belonging to just one specific word class, it would have to be participle, because there is no other class that fits properly. Word class assignation is not the focus of a dictionary, but of a grammar; dictionaries give simplified word classes for lemmata, but they are often wrong.
  
  – Janus Bahs Jacquet
  Apr 7 at 10:34
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The truth is you want an answer that says M&W's explanation of participle is false. You're not interested in understanding that a past participle can be either a verb or an adjective. For some reason, you want an answer that says it must be one or the other. Has anyone in the comments agreed with that position? Nope, but you don't care.
  
  – Mari-Lou A
  Apr 8 at 3:20
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  And your replies have a tone of defiancy which have wearied me, which is why I am deleting my answer.
  
  – Mari-Lou A
  Apr 8 at 3:21
  
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 10 more comments

Here's the Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of the grammar term 'participle':

a word having the characteristics of both verb and adjective

especially : an English verbal form that has the function of an adjective and at the same time shows such verbal features as tense and voice and capacity to take an object

In "the finished product," the word "finished" is a participle formed from the verb "finish."

But the same dictionary lists "finished" as an adjective.

Does this mean a participle is not a verb but an adjective?

Note that I'm asking not whether a participle can function as a verb or an adjective but whether it is a verb or an adjective.

participles

share|improve this question

edited Apr 7 at 7:41

listeneva

asked Apr 7 at 3:51

listenevalisteneva

3481313

share|improve this question

edited Apr 7 at 7:41

listeneva

asked Apr 7 at 3:51

listenevalisteneva

3481313

share|improve this question

edited Apr 7 at 7:41

listeneva

asked Apr 7 at 3:51

listenevalisteneva

3481313

asked Apr 7 at 3:51

listenevalisteneva

3481313

asked Apr 7 at 3:51

listenevalisteneva

3481313