http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastParticipleDifferent-Meanings/gcxpg/post.htm#515282Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:36:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:515282Cool Breeze0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastParticipleDifferent-Meanings/gcxpg/post.htm#515282http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-515282.xmlHi N2G You are asking good questions. English is a language of fixed phrases and meanings do change from verb to verb. What&#39;s more, some collocations don&#39;t have the same meaning even for native speakers. CBhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PastParticipleDifferent-Meanings/gcxpg/post.htmSat, 23 May 2009 09:36:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:515259New2grammar1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastParticipleDifferent-Meanings/gcxpg/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-515259.xmlI feel sometimes a past participle delivers a different meaning depending on whether it&#39;s put before or after a noun. For example I saw a closed door I saw a door closed. I saw a smashed potato I saw a potato smashed. The first of each example is stative to me, whereas, the second is passive (the act is occuring) I believe some past particples don&#39;t have the passive meaning even though they placed after a noun. look at the house buried in the landslide Confusion: Does the verb contribute to the change in meaning? Please help. Thanks!