repaired

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Some one gave his car to garage for repairs.
After repairs he receive it.
Can I say it like this below:

  1. He got his car repaired.
  2. He got his repaired car.
  3. The repaired car was received by him.
  4. The car repaired was received by him.
  5. The car repaired in the garage was received by him.
    Are all the five sentences correct?
    Is the word - ‘repaired’ used in all sentences as adjective?
    If not adjective, then what it is?
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  1. He got his car repaired. – OK, but this doesn’t specifically refer to the return of the car to the person (which you may be thinking). It just means he had someone repair it for him.
  2. He got his repaired car. – OK. He re-obtained his car after it had been repaired.
  3. The repaired car was received by him. – Grammatically correct but not very conversational and “received” is an odd word to use if it was his own car.
  4. The car repaired was received by him. – No.
  5. The car repaired in the garage was received by him. – Same as #3.
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  1. He got his car repaired. yes, a specialist repaired it

  2. He got his repaired car. Sounds colloquial and incomplete to me.

  3. The repaired car was received by him. The use of passive voice is to give more importance to the action and less to the subject. “By him” suggests you refer to the owner of the car, though when an agent is unknown you omit it and the sentence makes no sense at all then. “The repaired car was received”. Active voice is a better choice.

“He received his repaired car”

  1. The car repaired was received by him. Doesn’t seem to be correct

  2. The car repaired in the garage was received by him. More elaborate, though similar case to number 3.

I hope this feedback helps you out.

Regards,

Ozzy

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Hello Dozy,

Typing at the same time and mostly similar ideas : - )

In number 1 “to have something done” is used in the way of “got something done”.

It means that a professional does the job.

For example “I had my house painted last week” implies that a painter did the job, do you agree?

Regards,

Ozzy

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Yes, it doesn’t strictly have to mean that a professional did it, but in normal circumstances, and in the absence of information to the contrary, it would be understood that way.

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Thanks for your reply Dozy.

"It just means he had someone repair it for him. " gave me the impression that in your explanation just anyone could have been, not so much a professional, but your clarification makes it clear that we are on the same wavelength here.

Regards,

Ozzy

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Here is my opinion:

(1) He got his car repaired. OK. “Repaired” is a past participle acting as an objective complement. It completes the meaning of “car.” He got his car repaired/painted/ fixed.

(2) He got his repaired car. OK. “Repaired” is, in my opinion, a past participle being used as an adjective. That is, he got his repaired/painted/damaged car.

(3) The repaired car was received by him. NO (in my opinion). Do you wish to say that the car was PICKED UP by him? That is, he left the car at the garage to be repaired; then, he returned to the garage to pick it up/ to get it.

(4) The word “repaired” is in the wrong position. And we have agreed that “received” is not appropriate here.

(5) I would change it to: The car that was repaired at the garage was picked up by him/his wife/his servant. I feel that “repaired” is part of the verb phrase “was repaired,” which is the passive of “repaired.” (Somebody repaired the car at the garage./ The car was repaired at the garage by somebody.) The word “that” = the car.

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Mr. James M,
" The man murdered(adj) is Raman." is wrong.
I should say, “The murdered(adj) man is Raman.”
Am I correct?

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That is the more common and most natural version, yes.

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My car’s being repaired. ~ A pro is repairing my car.
I’ve got my car repaired. ~ My car’s repaired by a pro.
I’ve had a bath. ~ I’ve washed myself.
I took a bath. ~ I’ve washed myself.

?

Thanks

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Not necessarily ‘a pro’ - just ‘someone’.
I would use ‘had’ rather than ‘got’ in sentence 2.

Not necessarily ‘washed myself’ - I know people who just take a bath in order to relax and in the water (often called ‘taking/having a soak’).
“The children wound me up so much yesterday that when they went to bed, I run (poured water into) the bath then got in and had a nice, long soak. It was very relaxing.”

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My car is being repaired by XYZ. Does this mean, the car is, now (present tense) , in the workshop/ Someone is repairing it.
My car was repaired by XYZ. Does this mean, the car was repaired by someone (past).

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yes and yes

  1. The active structure is “A mechanic is repairing my car”. Present continuous: Action in progress at / around the moment of speaking.

  2. The active structure is “A mechanic repaired my car”. Past simple: Action has finished.

Regards,

Ozzy

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In my opinion

My car is being repaired. The present continuous tense, the passive voice.
My car was being cleaned, while I was in a coffee bar. The past continuous tense, the passive voice.
My car was repaired. The simple past, the passive voice.
My car is nice. The simple present. No passive voice.

I wonder if it could be better to say

I consider my car nice. or just
My car nice.

Thanks

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That’s why I wrote “active sentence” in my examples.

If students have problems with the present contiunuous tense, it is better to explain that tense in an active-form; the passive leads to a lot of confusion.

Regards,

Ozzy

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No. Neither of those sentences make any sense.

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Thanks to Ozzy For President and E2e4, for your help.