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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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For being confused, why is it that we can't say "I'm confusing" when we mean I'm confused in the present tense, because we say "I'm learning" or "I'm writing."
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I am confused -- this tells you my condition. I am in a state of confusion. I am confusing -- this tells you what effect I have on others.
- I am confused -- this tells you my condition.
- I am in a state of confusion.
- I am confusing -- this tells you what effect I have on others.
- I cause confusion.
- ) The verb "confuse" can be transitive.
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I am confused -- this tells you my condition. I am in a state of confusion.
I am confusing -- this tells you what effect I have on others. I cause confusion.
(Just as "I am boring" means that I make others feel bored, while "I am bored" means that my state is one of feeling bored myself.)
The verb "confuse" can be transitive. I get mixed up about these two things. I frequen
I am confusing -- this tells you what effect I have on others. I cause confusion.
(Just as "I am boring" means that I make others feel bored, while "I am bored" means that my state is one of feeling bored myself.)
The verb "confuse" can be transitive. I get mixed up about these two things. I frequen
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Hi,
It might possibly help if you consider these two simple, practical sentences as examples.
I am painting. I have an open can of paint in my left hand and a paint brush in my right hand.
I am painted. Someone has used a paint brush to cover me in paint.
Clive
It might possibly help if you consider these two simple, practical sentences as examples.
I am painting. I have an open can of paint in my left hand and a paint brush in my right hand.
I am painted. Someone has used a paint brush to cover me in paint.
Clive
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