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Example sentences for: participles
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Again and again one hears local and national broadcasters according an extra syllable to past participles as if the words were back-formed from adverbs, e.g., allegèd, assurèd, composèd, markèd, suffusèd, supposèd.
On the other hand, Pepys's English, while familiar enough to us, may sound slightly nonstandard, as where past-tense forms and past participles are coalesced.
None of these rather charming locutions is represented orthographically (in government documents and the like), yet one prevalent curiosity has always struck me, namely the dropping of the final g from participles.
Thus all other etymological forms, as participles ending in - ed (rejected offer) or - ing (playing child), are excluded.