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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Past and Present Participles???

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00 My name is Alaina. I am from Taiwan.02br
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00 I have two questions that nobody can give me an answer for. I am hoping you can help me.02br
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00 Here is my example sentence: "Some educators and parents feel that critical thinking opens classrooms to controversey. To ease this 01i01b00perceived02b02i00 problem, some schools have created a special area..."02br
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00 1. Why can I not use perceiving instead of perceived? I think for feelings you can use 'ed' [e.g. I am excited]. But for things you should use 'ing' [e.g. It is an interesting movie] So it should be 'To ease this perceiving problem". 02br
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00 2. How to use present participle and past participle correctly?02br
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00 I hope someone can give me an answer. If not, could you recommend any other websites where I may ask these two questions?02br
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00 Thanks a lot Alaina02br
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02br 02br 00 This 01i 00movie02i 00 01b 00interests02b 00 me. It is an interest01b 00ing02b 00 01i 00movie02i 00. 02br 00 We 01b 00perceive02b 00 the 01i 00problem02i 00.

  • 02br 02br 00 This 01i 00movie02i 00 01b 00interests02b 00 me.
  • It is an interest01b 00ing02b 00 01i 00movie02i 00.
  • 02br 00 We 01b 00perceive02b 00 the 01i 00problem02i 00.
  • It is a perceiv01b 00ed02b 00 01i 00problem02i 00.
  • 02br 00 The 01i 00document02i 00 01b 00astonished02b 00 us.
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0 Most of the time we use the present participle ( -ing) before words that can be the subject of the participle; we use the past participle (-ed, etc.) before words that can be the object of the participle.02br
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00 This 01i00movie02i00 01b00interests02b00 me. It is an interest01b00ing02b00 01i
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0"This perceived problem" is made in the way as follows (1-->5).02br
001. People perceive this problem. 02br
002. This problem is perceived (by people).02br
003. This problem (which is) perceived.02br
004. This problem perceived.02br
005. This perceived problem.02br
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001. The soldiers fought the war.02br

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