Is it correct to say to be absent?
There's no such thing as the present tense (or any tense) of “absent”, because “absent” is an adjective, not a verb. However, the “to be” verb can be used with “absent”, to form a verb phrase. For the present tense, it's grammatically correct to say: “I am absent.”Jul 31, 2020
There's no such thing as the present tense (or any tense) of “absent”, because “absent” is an adjective, not a verb. However, the “to be” verb can be used with “absent”, to form a verb phrase. For the present tense, it's grammatically correct to say: “I am absent.”Jul 31, 2020
