Terminology question
I have a question about grammar terminology. There are some adjectives like cold-blooded, absent-minded, kind-hearted, old-fashioned . They look like past participles but very rarely, if at all, carry passive meaning as typical past participles do. Plus, the -ed part never works on their own i.e. blooded, minded, fashioned wouldn’t make sense. Do we have a name for this family of adjectives? Could it be “pseudo-past participles”?Read More...
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