22.2 Participles are Verbal Adjectives

Participles are non-finite because they do not have 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person, but unlke infinitives they DO inflect for gender and number (just like adjectives)

• They use the same adjectival endings we learned many lessons ago: MS, FS, MP, FP
• They are used as adjectives
• Attributive: I saw running water
  • Match the noun in gender, number, and definiteness
  • Attributive Always After (the noun), Article Always Agrees (with definiteness of noun)
• Predicative: The water is running
  • Matches the subject in gender and number, but not definiteness
  • Predicate dePrived of the Article, Perhaps Precedes (the noun)
• Substantival: running is good exercise
  • Has the gender and number of the noun it is replacing

Review Lesson 7 if you need a review on adjectives