How to define verb form?
1. An error occurred on the server.
2. An error occurred with the problems was critical.
3. An error occurred because of misunderstanding.
Question : What part of sentence is "occurred" in the examples(1. 2 and 3.). Is "occurred" Past tense or Past participle in these sentences or parts of sentences and WHY?
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1. An error occurred on the server.
2. An error occurred leading to a critical problem.
3. An error occurred because of a misunderstanding.
All past tense. Past participles are used in perfect tenses so with have/has or had.
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All in simple past tense form.
1. An error occurred on the server. ( It meant there was an error on the server)
2. An error occurred with the problems was critical. (It meant that error was critical or very serious).
3. An error occurred because of misunderstanding. (It meant that error happened because of human error in this case misunderstanding in operating the system or in instructions).
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IMHO there is a participle in N2 and the predicate in this sentence is the verb "was". Обычный причастный оборот, который в русской грамматике был бы выделен запятыми.
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