... PRESENT PARTICIPLE (the “-ing” participle) andthe PAST PARTICIPLE (the “-ed” participle, also ending in “-d’ and “-t”). Both participles may be used like adjectives, but only ifthe participle ... affairs.1.7.5 ParticipleThere are several parts of the verb system which function as if they were different parts of speech (in the case of a participle, anadjective). In grammar, the PARTICIPLE ... relation between disparate parts∗ Technically these sentences could be broken down into two separate sentences and they would remain gram-matically sound. But two sentences here would suggest...