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Usage of forgotten

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Joebillington
 
Reply Mon 13 Jan, 2014 07:45 pm
In the song Dixie, it goes
"Old times there are not forgotten", but how can that be grammatically correct, given forgotten isn't an adjective, is it?

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roger
 
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Reply Mon 13 Jan, 2014 09:20 pm
@Joebillington,
Songs, poetry, and headlines follow their own rules, or no rules at all.
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PUNKEY
 
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Reply Mon 13 Jan, 2014 09:31 pm
@Joebillington,
I have seen it: Old times, they are not forgotten.

Are is a linking verb. They/are/forgotten
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