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From: ntt@dciem.UUCP (Mark Brader)
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Subject: Re: Alarming past participle
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Date: Wed, 8-Feb-84 14:31:09 EST
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"Alarmed door" (which I've also seen) isn't a new usage of the verb "alarm";
"-ed" can also turn nouns into adjectives, as in "man is a two-legged animal".

Mark Brader