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What is the difference between Past and Passed?

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Noah

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Noah , Chauffer, LA

Answered Nov 27, 2020

The past is used in the previous tense, and it means that whatever it is has already happened. The past is history, and you could say, “he saw a person from his past.” The past provides a unique perspective of the events that have occurred. The past is the time frame of something you have experienced. The past refers to the last thing you did, not the next thing you will do. On the other hand, passed gives the meaning that something has been moved or sent. It has moved from one place to another, and it could be something that has been given. For example, “He passed the football over to his teammate.” Past tense of the word pass is passed.
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Zack

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Zack , English Professor, PhD, Basel

Answered Nov 03, 2020

The word “past” can be used in different forms of speech. The word past can be used as a noun, adverb, adjective, and preposition. Basically, the word “past” actually refers to a previous happening or occurrence in time, and it can simply be said to mean “past tense.” Let me use “past” in sentences, in its noun, adjective, adverb, and preposition forms, respectively. When it comes to history, think about the past. The movie you just watched now is a past occurrence. I saw her walked past. The time is half-past nine. Now, taking the second word into the study, the word Passed can be used as an adjective and as a verb. It occurs as a verb as the past or past participle tense of pass, which can mean “to walk by or pass by someone, or to exceed or to happen.” For sentence examples, “passed” as a verb: “I passed him when I was coming.” “Passed” as an adjective: “That exam is a passed one for me already.”
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J. Harty

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J. Harty, Writer, M.A, Chula Vista

Answered Oct 21, 2020

The word “passed” is known to be the past tense of the word “pass.” The word “past” may also function as a type of noun. This can also work as an adjective and even as an adverb. If you would use these words in sentences, you can say the following, “I have passed my final exam in Math.” This means that the person has gotten a score that is more than half of the final exam. To use the word “past” in a sentence, you can say, “I have gotten a high score in my past math exam.” The meanings of these two words are going to be different. You just need to know which word you would use to make the message of your sentence clear.
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