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Future332 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Content vs. Contented

What is the difference between the following:
I'm content AND
I'm contented.
Thanks.
  

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future332 What is the difference between the following:I'm content ANDI'm contented. Thanks. There is little practical difference.

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  • future332 What is the difference between the following:I'm content ANDI'm contented.
  • Thanks.
  • There is little practical difference.
  • I hear the first much more than the second.
  • Perhaps you could say that the first is purely a description of a state, and the second is the description of a state resulting from an action.
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future332 What is the difference between the following:I'm content ANDI'm contented. Thanks.
There is little practical difference. I hear the first much more than the second.

Perhaps you could say that the first is purely a description of a state, and the second is the description of a state resulting from an action. I don't think this very slight d
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