John Hall wrote:
In article ,
Joe writes:

According to my Longman's dictionary. To say "i was sat outside" is
correct, as "sat" is the past participle of sit, and is a verb.


"Sat" is indeed the past participle, but it isn't used in the so-called
"past imperfect" tense. Thus you could say "I sat" (perfect tense) or "I
was sitting" (past imperfect tense), but not "I was sat". Perhaps
another example will make it clearer. You would say "I ate" or "I was
eating", but surely not "I was ate"!

Yes, I can see your point now John. I should of ruminated on it more,
rather than a knee jerk reaction.

And yes many moons ago, I was ate, once ;-)


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Joe
Wolverhampton