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what is the correct grammar for the saying 'past/passed all that'?

How do you write the phrase 'we are passed all that' ?

Is it the word 'past' or the word 'passed'?

If you could explain the rule as well that'd be fabulous!

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  • Chaz
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    We are past all that. The reason is that pass and past have different meanings.

    You can pass a test. In the past you passed it.

  • 8 years ago

    Pats means something that has happened. Passed is part of the verb 'to pass' :-

    I pass

    You pass

    he passes

    she passes

    we pass

    they pass

    Once you have done it you have 'passed'.

    O have passed the last check point.

    He passed the exam.

    In your example you are using the word 'past'as something historical that you don't do any more, in other words you have progressed, so are 'past' all that.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    The correct word is past. As in: past, present and future.

    The other spelling 'passed' means overtook, went by. ie 'I passed some shops while driving my car'.

    Edit - to further clarify, past refers to time and passed refers to space.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    We are past all that.

    As Bluebell suggested, in this sentence "past" is a preposition. Examples:

    We are AT that point.

    We are going TO that point.

    We are PAST that point.

    Passed is the past tense of pass. Example: The driver ahead of me signalled to pass him, so I passed him.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I'm pretty sure in the context you're saying it, the meaning is "past". When saying "passed" the meaning is more generalised whereas "past" is along the lines of time etc.

    Hope I helped!

  • 8 years ago

    'past' sounds better but I can't explain the rule. Look at how the two words sound in the sentence

    'we are past all that'

    'we are passed all that'

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Just to add my weight to Bluebell's: in this context, "past" is a preposition. It means "beyond" - "We have got beyond all that."

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