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Hoiman Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

What is the difference of using ed-form and ing-form be the adjective?

What is the difference of using ed-form and ing-form be the adjective?

Please help,thanks everybody!!
  

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Hi, and welcome to the forum. Could you write a few examples where you're not sure which form of a word to use?

  • Hi, and welcome to the forum.
  • Could you write a few examples where you're not sure which form of a word to use?
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Hi, and welcome to the forum.
Could you write a few examples where you're not sure which form of a word to use?
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for example,

frustrated and frustrating...

What time should I use frustrated or frustrating ?

Thanks for your help!
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Great example.

The -ed ending tells you how that person himself (herself) feels.
The -ing ending tells you how other people think of that person.

This problem is frustrating. I am frustrated trying to solve it.
I am boring. I put people to sleep when I talk. They are bored when I talk.
That man is frightening. He is large and scary and has a mean look in his eye. I

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