I’m in a park. The grass is being mown by a robot.
I’m in a park. The grass is being mown by a robot.
We thought the rider fell off or something and it was going to crash. Then it turned and kept mowing. Park Roomba!
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Am I alone in thinking it should be "is being mowed" because "mown" is a resultant property of the grass? Like being melted and being molten. Or is it one of these things non-native speakers develop a keen intuition for to be able to spot it just to be blind-sided by native speakers not giving a fuck.
I mowed the lawn, the lawn was mowed, has already been mowed... a freshly-mowed lawn. I'm not sure if I'd ever actually use "mown" as a conjugation of "to mow".
Me either, but either word is correct to use.
It's a past participle.
e.g. "The park or meadow having been newly mown, had an air at once ornamented and natural."
"An 82-year-old great-grandad survived being mown down by a car"
"Mowed" and "mown" are both correct, but I would never use "mown", myself.
non-native speakers develop a keen intuition for to be able to spot it just to be blind-sided by native speakers not giving a fuck
Yes, that happens.
But does not seem to be, in this case.