Is the following sentence passive or is 'respected' used an adjective?:
He is respected.
And how would one know the difference?
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3An isolated three-word sentence is not a valid example. Please give some context. – Greybeard Feb 14 '23 at 10:28
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1What difference does it make? It's still exactly the same word with exactly the same meaning, regardless of how you categorise it. You might as well ask the same question about *This herb is dried*. – FumbleFingers Feb 14 '23 at 11:37
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Related, possible duplicate: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/584276/is-entitled-a-passive-voice-verb-or-adjective-in-everyone-is-entitled-to-resp/584280#584280 – DW256 Feb 14 '23 at 12:33
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Does this answer your question? Is "entitled" a passive voice verb or adjective in "everyone is entitled to respect"? – tripleee Feb 14 '23 at 12:58
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There are a lot of similar questions: owned, needed, advised, attached... – Stuart F Feb 14 '23 at 15:10