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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
What is the difference between original adjective, present participle adj, and past participle adj?
For example:
Contradictory results (documents)
Contradicted results (documents)
Contradicting results (documents)
Another example:
Contraversial election
Contraverted election
Contraverting election
Contradictory results (documents)
Contradicted results (documents)
Contradicting results (documents)
Another example:
Contraversial election
Contraverted election
Contraverting election
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Anonymous What is the difference ... It's unclear what sort of difference you're looking for. The forms are clearly different.
- Anonymous What is the difference ...
- It's unclear what sort of difference you're looking for.
- The forms are clearly different.
- They are different words.
- The 'original adjective' does not have verb endings, whereas the other two do.
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AnonymousWhat is the difference ...It's unclear what sort of difference you're looking for. The forms are clearly different. They are different words. The 'original adjective' does not have verb endings, whereas the other two do.
The -ing forms are active in aspect; the -en/-ed forms are passive in aspect. Other than that, there is no systematic
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