Why is –ed participle so termed rather than the “past participle” as it used to be called? Name three function the –ed participle can perform.
The -ed participle, rather than the "past partciple" as it used to be called, is so termed because we attach our concern to form, not to meaning, in categorizing and also because, as we shall see presently. The -ed participle does not necessarily denote the past time. The -ed participle can perform a variety of grammatical functions: part of the verb phrase to form the perfective aspect or the passive voice, premodifier in the noun phrase, post modifier as a subject complement or an object complement, etc.
