http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3260.39585)http://www.englishforums.com/English/BrokenAsPresentTense/cbhj/post.htm#10243Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:07:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:10243moijelesuis0http://www.englishforums.com/English/BrokenAsPresentTense/cbhj/post.htm#10243http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-10243.xmland adjective or not, it is still a reductive past participle. <br /> <br />the broken pot is on the shelf - also means, the pot that has been broken (in the past) is on the shelf (now, presently)http://www.englishforums.com/English/BrokenAsPresentTense/crmk/post.htm#10040Mon, 06 Oct 2003 22:41:39 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:10040Raul1http://www.englishforums.com/English/BrokenAsPresentTense/crmk/post.htm#10040http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-10040.xmlIt's just the same thing: broken is used as an adjective. I didn't use any example of this kind because everybody knows what a broken heart feels like. <img src="/emoticons/emotion-5.gif" alt="Wink [;)]" />http://www.englishforums.com/English/BrokenAsPresentTense/crgr/post.htm#9928Sun, 05 Oct 2003 02:20:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:9928blndestngr3http://www.englishforums.com/English/BrokenAsPresentTense/crgr/post.htm#9928http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-9928.xmlwhat about: <br /> <br />"my relationship is tense at the moment, my heart is broken since my spouse cheated on me"http://www.englishforums.com/English/BrokenAsPresentTense/bqvn/post.htm#9618Wed, 01 Oct 2003 18:32:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:9618Raul3http://www.englishforums.com/English/BrokenAsPresentTense/bqvn/post.htm#9618http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-9618.xmlIn this case, "broken" is an adjective which has several meanings. For example: <br /> <br />a broken pot (broken = fractured; smashed) <br />a broken set of books (broken = incomplete, fragmentary) <br />broken sunshine (broken = intermittent, discontinuous) <br />a broken radio (broken = not functioning) <br /> <br />... and so on. This is the only case "broken" can be *used* in the present tense. <br />http://www.englishforums.com/English/BrokenAsPresentTense/bqbg/post.htm#9560Wed, 01 Oct 2003 07:23:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:9560maj4http://www.englishforums.com/English/BrokenAsPresentTense/bqbg/post.htm#9560http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-9560.xmlYou can use broken to describe a marriage that has ended in divorce. (Sometimes it implies this is sad or a bad thing) <br /> <br />e.g. He spoke for the first time about the traumas of a broken marriage. <br />e.g. Children from broken homes are more likely to leave home before the age of 18. <br /> <br />http://www.englishforums.com/English/BrokenAsPresentTense/bqbd/post.htm#9557Wed, 01 Oct 2003 05:58:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:9557whl6265http://www.englishforums.com/English/BrokenAsPresentTense/bqbd/post.htm#9557http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-9557.xml" Broken " is past participle of break. <br /> <br />I have never come across that it can be used as present tense.http://www.englishforums.com/English/BrokenAsPresentTense/bqrn/post.htmTue, 30 Sep 2003 23:39:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:9550Guest6http://www.englishforums.com/English/BrokenAsPresentTense/bqrn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-9550.xmlCan you give me an example of broken as a present tense? <br />