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Numberv27 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Is complete / completed

Hi,

What's the differnce below sentence.

The project is complete / completed.

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There's not much difference. Both can be considered the verb "to be" plus adjective complement. "Complete" is an adjective in its own right, and "completed" is the past participle, which can function as an adjective.

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  • There's not much difference.
  • Both can be considered the verb "to be" plus adjective complement.
  • "Complete" is an adjective in its own right, and "completed" is the past participle, which can function as an adjective.
  • The difference between "a complete set" and "a completed set" would be that the PP implies that someone completed it.
  • If you had a picture of someone driving the last nail, with a caption, "The project is completed," the idea would be that that nail was the final act of completion.
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There's not much difference. Both can be considered the verb "to be" plus adjective complement. "Complete" is an adjective in its own right, and "completed" is the past participle, which can function as an adjective.

The difference between "a complete set" and "a completed set" would be that the PP implies that someone completed it.

If you had a picture of someone driving the
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