perfect participle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of perfect participle
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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This tense prefixes the auxiliaries, may have, can have, or must have, to the perfect participle: thus, Singular.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
Understood is a perfect participle, from the irregular active-transitive verb, understand, understood, understanding, understood.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
By looking again at the conjugation, you will notice, that have, placed before the perfect participle of any verb, forms the perfect tense; had, the pluperfect; shall or will, the first future, and so on.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel
Have and had, in their literal use, are auxiliary to the perfect participle only; as, have thrown, had thrown.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
This tense prefixes the auxiliary had to the perfect participle: thus, Singular.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
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