Adrienne_in_TX Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I feel fairly confident in my understanding of basic grammar, but I am at odds with the answer key today and could use some help. Here are the sentences in question: "The answer should have been found by now." "The answer will be found in two days." The answer key indicates that "found" is not part of the verb phrase. As such, I'm assuming that the authors are considering the word "found" to be a past participle functioning as a predicate adjective for the subject "answer". The rationale is not given. I would have considered "found" to be the main verb of the passive verb phrase with the agent (the one doing the finding) simply not stated. Opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 My opinion is that this is a gray area. I hate gray areas in math and grammar, but the more complicated problems do have them. I think that either answer would be correct in this case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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