Correct or not?
Find the mistake in the following sentence:
- All my friends are inspired, so I like their company.
I think there are no mistakes in this sentence, but my Egyptian teacher says the correct sentence is : All my friends are INSPIRING , so I like their company.
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"inspiring" seems a more likely choice of word. This is because "inspiring" refers to how someone affects other people, whereas "inspired" refers to how they have been affected. Having said that, "inspired" is not impossible, and, if presented with that sentence, it is by no means obvious, in my opinion, that the expected answer is to replaced "inspired" with "inspiring".
- "inspiring" seems a more likely choice of word.
- This is because "inspiring" refers to how someone affects other people, whereas "inspired" refers to how they have been affected.
- Having said that, "inspired" is not impossible, and, if presented with that sentence, it is by no means obvious, in my opinion, that the expected answer is to replaced "inspired" with "inspiring".
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"inspiring" seems a more likely choice of word. This is because "inspiring" refers to how someone affects other people, whereas "inspired" refers to how they have been affected. Having said that, "inspired" is not impossible, and, if presented with that sentence, it is by no means obvious, in my opinion, that the expected answer is to replaced "inspired" with "inspiring".
0Omar Ahmed- All my friends are inspired, so I like their company.
As written, this sentence seems to have a semantic issue. Without additional context, the meaning is open to wild interpretation. So the mistake is the sentence itself in my opinion.
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