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Originally Posted by Leon
I changed the word without looking it up, from past to passed. Here is my Webster's College Dictionary in front of me. It says:
passed- v.1. to move past; go by:... 8. to go beyond a point ...
past- adj.1. gone by or elapsed time.
Actually Fred I might just stick with my original use of the word, though I would hate to debate it.  |
not to belabor the tangent here, but I think the verb in the original sentence is "get", thus making the word in question to be an adverb, therefore it would be correct to say "past".
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