Dick Veit wrote: > Johanna Rubba wrote: > > > . . . But let's remember that the 'past participle' isn't exclusively > > passive. > > Johanna: > > Can you give an example of one that isn't? The "past participle" occurs as one of the two parts of the perfect/completive aspect, here in active voice: ACTIVE: The child has eaten the cookie. Passive: The cookie has been eaten by the child. Thus, the past participle occurs in active voice and passive voice. > cheers, rebecca wheeler -- ******************************************* Rebecca S. Wheeler, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of English Christopher Newport University 1 University Place Newport News, VA 23606-2998 Editor, Syntax in the Schools The newsletter of the Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar (ATEG), an assembly of the NCTE http://www2.pct.edu/courses/evavra/ATEG/SiS.htm phone: (757) 594-8891; fax: (757) 594-8870 email: [log in to unmask] *******************************************