Can "Started" be used as an adjective?
My started picture
Does it sound correct if I'm talking about a picture that I started drawing but haven't finished yet?
Can the word "started" be used as an adjective?
Solution 1:
Yes, the participle started can be used attributively but it is rare and requires the assistance of an adverb
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My recently started landscape painting…
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From this perspective, a recently started experiment by Black Mountain College in North California is intriguing
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The newly started firm…
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Of the number of participants who participated in the programme, an average of 75% started firms during the course of the programme, 3 years later, 75% of these newly started companies have survived.
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A freshly started project
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They carried her up the stairs in an old farmhouse, which smelled of a freshly started fire and baked bread
However, to express the idea of a drawing that was started but was not finished, I would suggest something along the lines of:
- I've just started (drawing) a picture
- I started this picture a week ago.
- The picture I started is still unfinished / incomplete.