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18.4 past participles 1. Inmost cases past participles can always go after the noun, but in many cases they cannot go before . So, put them after and you will probably be right
2. In some cases both positions are possible, though when the past participle is located after the noun it is often followed by further details.
3.
Be careful with used . Before the noun it means secondhand, after the noun it means which is used.
YES NO OR NOT COMMON 1
It shows details of all the results found . It shows details of all the
found results .
1 The
data reported show that … The
reported data show that …
1 We detail the main
social actors involved along with all the
materials consumed . We detail the main
involved social actors along with all the
consumed materials .
1 The
alternatives considered and the way the problem is structured may vary in interpretation. The
considered alternatives and the way the problem is structured may vary in interpretation.
2 It shows details of all the
speci fi ed actions . It shows details of all the
actions speci fi ed (in the manual.
2,3 This was the
application used by the testers. This was the
used application by the testers.
3 I bought abused car . i.e. a secondhand car
A. Wallwork
, English for Research Usage, Style, and Grammar,DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-1593-0_19, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
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