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In reply to the discussion: Taylor Swift: "Misogyny Is Ingrained in People From the Time They Are Born" [View all]tblue37
(68,426 posts)the predicate of the clause.
Of course, the passive voice is formed by combining an auxiliary verb (in this case, "is"
with the past participial form of the main verb ("ingrained"
.
Participles have two main functions: they can serve either as modifiers or as the main verb in verb phrases. Since the passive voice is a verb phrase, "ingrained" is part of this clause's predicate (i.e., its verb).
Since a participle can also function as a modifier (usually, but not *always* as an adjective; participles can function sometimes as adverbs), the word "ingrained" is sometimes used as an adjective (e.g., an ingrained bias)--but in *this* sentence it is not functioning as an adjective because it is part of the verb phrase that is the predicate of the clause.