On Wednesday 19 January 2011 04:12:47 Bob Proulx wrote: > peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > You have a complicated setup! > > > > A complex setup. "complicated" is a verb. ... Sorry. > > Uhm... No. Complicated is an adjective. > > From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: > > complicated > adj : difficult to analyze or understand; "a complicated problem"; > "complicated Middle East politics"
I agree with Bob. I have checked in several dictionaries. The Shorter Oxford, 1944 would agree with you. I have checked in three others, more recently published, and they all have complicated as an adjective. Here is one: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/complicated Moreover, even if it had not already, some time ago, entered the language as an adjective, I would contend that it is perfectly legitimate to use a past participle adjectivally. Think of e.g. "a tried and tested method". Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201101191618.11180.lisi.re...@gmail.com
