Depending / dependent

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Davefromthefreeway · Accepted Answer

0 Very interesting question, I too would like to know the difference.02br
00My 01u00guess02u00 would be that 'dependent' is used to refer to counting on something at all time, where ‘depending’ is referred to only special cases+ it is in present progressive00 tense.02br
00Lots of love!02br
00Dave0-

Yankee · Answer

0 I'd be interested in seeing examples of the misuse you're referring to. 0-

Marius Hancu · Answer

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01cite10Eimai_Anglos12cite10 She was depend11b10ing12b10 on him to bring the car. 12br
10 She would probably go by bus, depend11b10ent12b10 on the weather. 12blockquote

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00 I don't think the 2nd is quite correct. 02br
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00 I think this is mainly because 01font00"depend01b00ing02b00 on the weather," a verbal construction (using the present participle), is better for describing an action02font00 (going by bus) than is "depend01b00ent02b00 on the weather," which is an adjectival construction, better for characterizing a noun, say "one" here: 02br
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00 01b00...02b00 manifestations that 01b00go with it quite as one dependent on the weather02b00—a sailor, or example—might study the barometer. In this Aileen was no exception. 01b00...02b02br
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00 Another tack: 02br
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00 Let's replace "to 01b00depend02b00 on" with "to 01b00hang02b00 on," for the sake of experience, something which may be acceptable to many, and look at their derived forms (past participle and present participle)02br
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00 I 01i00would02i00 say:02br
01i00She was hang01b00ing02b00 on him to bring the car. 02br
02i00(not necessarily the most idiomatical, but ...)02br
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00 but I would01i00 not02i00 say:02br
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01i00She would probably go by bus, 01font00hang01b00ed02b00 on02font00 the weather.02br
02i00but would accept01i02br
02i00She would probably go by bus, 00hang01b00ing02b00 on00 the weather.02br
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Anonymous · Answer

In my view, both sentences should use "depending". Dependent is used as an adjective as:

They still have some dependent children (not yet independent).

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