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Square Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Pleased vs pleasing

One of the ... aspects of the new headquarters is its closeness to the lively downtown area of the city.

I am wondering if both "pleased" and "pleasing" are correct here. Thank you.
  

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Not in this case. pleased would describe your reaction to the headquarters ; pleasing describes the headquarters and its situation. My parents were shocked by my behavior, but I didn't really find it all that shocking .

— Philip

  • Not in this case.
  • pleased would describe your reaction to the headquarters ; pleasing describes the headquarters and its situation.
  • My parents were shocked by my behavior, but I didn't really find it all that shocking .
  • I was aggravated by the differences in the tenses; my teacher also found them aggravating .
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Not in this case. pleased would describe your reaction to the headquarters; pleasing describes the headquarters and its situation.
My parents were shocked by my behavior, but I didn't really find it all that shocking.
I was aggravated by the differences in the tenses; my teacher also found them aggravating.
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Thanks a lot, Philip.
If A pleases B, then A is pleasing and B is pleased. However, the ultimate results are the same. So I am a bit confused. Could you explain more about the original sentence?
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If you are familiar with active vs passive voice, this might help. It's not a hard and fast rule, but the verb be plus the past participle is somewhat similar to the passive voice, while the verb be plus the present participle in the active voice. The bark of the dog pleased me / I was pleased by the bark of the dog (the bark of the dog is a pleasing sound). The music
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Thanks.
Does "pleased aspects of the new headquarters" make any sense?
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