“The procession went past.”
What is the meaning for ‘past’ here?
Can I say as below for the above sentence?
“The procession went passed.”
Hi Allifathima
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I’ll try to explain the meaning of Past with few examples: ‘The procession went past my house.’ I’ll give another example: [i]He was driving incessantly or unceasingly past my house on his motor cycle.- [/i]
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In my opinion your second sentence is wrong, because ‘passed’ is the past tense and past participle of the verb ‘to pass’.
I hope I’ve been able to help you.
Alexandro
I am still under confusion.
I want to know the exact meaning for ‘past’ in the above sentence.
2. “Now the time is ten past ten.”
As ‘past’ in what sense in the second sentence is used, in the same way is it used in the sentence
“The procession went past.” ?
Please clarify me. Thanks.
Hello Allifathima
If someone or something goes past a particular thing, person or place they go from one side of it to the other while they are moving somewhere. So: The procession went past my house, walking slowly to the chapel.However, ‘past’ has a lot of different meanings. I would advise you to use a good dictionary every now and then.
Alexandro
Hi Allifathima,
The source of your confusion is probably because the words “passed” and “past” are homophones.
Although they sound exactly the same, in writing they are distinguished, so you need to learn when to write “passed” and when “past”.
In speech though there’s no difference.
Could any one help me with different examples using ‘passed’ and ‘past’.
I think that will clarify my false concept.
Thanks.
Well, the definitions of the two with usage examples can be found in most dictionaries.
For example:
thefreedictionary.com/passed
thefreedictionary.com/past
Just remember that “passed” is the part participle and past tense of the verb “to pass”.