English Question

Posted by harmui (90 days ago)

Film Legend Charlton Heston has died.

why not "has dead", isnt it a present particple should be used after "has'?

Posted by cara (90 days ago)

dead is an adjective not a verb. die is the verb.

Posted by lillipop79 (89 days ago)

Nonsense!!

There is no such thing as a present participle! In the present perfect it is has/have + past participle so has died is correct.

Posted by adele78 (87 days ago)

To simplify it a bit, you can say he:
-is dead,
-has died, or
-died

If you're confised try substituting other verbs.

is eating, has eaten, ate

is running, has run, ran

is sitting, has sat, sat

etc.

Posted by cara (87 days ago)

he is dead.
is the same as....
he is happy.

dead is an adjective NOT a verb.

Posted by adele78 (87 days ago)

yup, exactly cara, I was trying to expand on your 1st post. :P

if one wonders whether a word is a verb, adjective, etc, one can try substituting in other words from that catagory and if it works then it can help to clarify.