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Can all passives vsbe used as adjectives, as in "I am a told man"?

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Past participles can modify nouns nouns in much the same way as adjectives adjectives.For For example

  1. I am told = I am a told man man.

  2. You are invited = You are a a invited man.

  3. He is questioned = He is a questioned questioned man.

Are these sentences correct in adjective adjective sense? If all past participles participles are used as adjectives adjectives then how can we identify identify which are in passive sense sense or adjective sense  (be forms+past forms+past participles) without "an "an object" and "by" phrase??

Past participles can modify nouns in much the same way as adjectives.For example

  1. I am told = I am a told man.

  2. You are invited = You are a invited man.

  3. He is questioned = He is a questioned man.

Are these sentences correct in adjective sense? If all past participles are used as adjectives then how can we identify which are in passive sense or adjective sense(be forms+past participles) without "an object" and "by" phrase??

Past participles can modify nouns in much the same way as adjectives. For example

  1. I am told = I am a told man.

  2. You are invited = You are a invited man.

  3. He is questioned = He is a questioned man.

Are these sentences correct in adjective sense? If all past participles are used as adjectives then how can we identify which are in passive sense or adjective sense  (be forms+past participles) without "an object" and "by" phrase?

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