Particle, participle

BeeTee-Ess   Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:22 am GMT
Are some folk in this forum using the word 'particle', when they mean 'participle'? Is 'particle' gaining acceptance as an alternative to 'participle'.
Amabo   Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:31 pm GMT
Not as far as I know.

I use "particle" as a general-purpose term to describe a word or word part used as some sort of grammatical marker - like "not" or "to" in "to eat".