Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dciem.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!ntt From: ntt@dciem.UUCP (Mark Brader) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Alarming past participle Message-ID: <686@dciem.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Feb-84 14:31:09 EST Article-I.D.: dciem.686 Posted: Wed Feb 8 14:31:09 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 16:24:23 EST References: <1179@sdccs6.UUCP> Organization: NTT Systems Inc., Toronto, Canada Lines: 4 "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