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by vishalwin » Mon Oct 05, 2015 5:57 am
The consequences in terms of improved human health and reduced suffering are immeasurable.


In the above sentence Improved is adjective.

What about reduced. Is it working as an adverb? If yes, how?

Please explain.
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by DavidG@VeritasPrep » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:00 am
The consequences in terms of improved human health and reduced auffering are immeasurable.


In the above sentence Improved is adjective.

What about reduced. Is it working as an adverb? If yes, how?

Please explain.
In this case, 'reduced' is an adjective modifying the noun 'suffering.'
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by vishalwin » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:36 am
Then, suffering is not acting as a verb here?
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by DavidG@VeritasPrep » Mon Oct 05, 2015 7:52 am
Then, suffering is not acting as a verb here?
"Suffering" is a noun here. Consider a simple sentence, such as, "Suffering is terrible." Here, 'suffering' is the subject of the sentence and is functioning as a noun. Or "The medication reduced his suffering." Here, "suffering" is the object of the verb "reduced" and is functioning as a noun.

Or "The consequences, in terms of reduced suffering..." here "suffering" is the object of the preposition "of" and, again, is functioning as a noun.
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