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Anonymous Tue Jul 26 17:48:37 2011 No.1961107 [Reply] [Original]

Help me settle an argument.

Can the word "slain" be used as an adjective?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 26 17:50:37 2011 No.1961113 Yes. A slain man is as good as dead.

>>	Rangaha !KJKZ7n2h3I Tue Jul 26 17:50:37 2011 No.1961114 if you're going for a southern twang perspective eg: HE HA'T BAYN SLAIN

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 26 17:50:37 2011 No.1961115 It IS an adjective.

>>	Rangaha !KJKZ7n2h3I Tue Jul 26 17:51:37 2011 No.1961116 >>1961114 shit, I misread the question

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 26 17:51:37 2011 No.1961117 >>1961115 Haha. This. Hahaha.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 26 17:52:37 2011 No.1961119 >>1961115 It can also be a noun, as in "We buried the slain in a pit."

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 26 17:52:37 2011 No.1961120 Yep. Like 'broken' can be.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 26 17:52:37 2011 No.1961121 >>1961117 I mean it's both, obviously. You can say "I have slain him" as past tense of slew, or you can say "He is slain" the same way you might say "He is killed."

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 26 17:52:37 2011 No.1961122 >>1961115 It's a verb.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 26 17:54:37 2011 No.1961125 >>1961115 Originally a past participle. I slay I slew I had slain I have been slain I was slain

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 26 17:54:37 2011 No.1961127 >>1961121 *typo'd. Ahem. It's both. You can say "I have slain him", as a past tense of slay, or you can say "He is slain" the same way you might say "He is killed." It is both a verb and an adjective.