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A passive/reflexive participle is often used as an independent
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grammatical entity, although it can introduce entire clauses similar to the :ref:`active<participle_active>` participle.
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Passive participles are generally more limited in meaning than active participles.
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Passive participles are governed either by the main verb of a sentence or by the context.
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They can express action in past time, present time, future time, or without any specified timeframe. |