In the following sentence I have to identify participles.
Michael, bereft of his son Luke, died of a broken heart.
I think there are 2 participles bereft, broken
But the answer was just bereft
asked Apr 19, 2019 at 19:16
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Note that this same sentence was asked about by the same poster in this question recently. As mentioned there "broken" here is a "participle adjective" but it functions like any other adjective.– David SiegelCommented Apr 21, 2019 at 18:30
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Possible duplicate of Difference between adjectives and participle adjectives– David SiegelCommented Apr 21, 2019 at 18:32
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broken is an adjective: broken heart, the adjectives are formed from past participles.– LambieCommented Apr 21, 2019 at 18:37
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Broken is a participle adjective– Kshitij SinghCommented Apr 21, 2019 at 20:21
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For what it's worth, I think you're correct. One might consider "broken" to be an adjective in its own right, but I definitely consider it a participle. In fact, as of this writing, it's the very first example on the Wikipedia page:
Participles have various uses in a sentence. One use of a participle is simply as an adjective: A broken window. A fallen tree. An interesting book.
