Guest  +  31239 Fri, 28 May 04 05:42 AM I would like to know the difference between the adjectives ending in -ed and -ing. Guest Difference Between

	Nestor  +  31268 Fri, 28 May 04 01:41 PM Here's a clue: -ed and -ing are also stuck onto verbs, and they connote when or how the action takes place. Adding '-ed' makes a lot of verbs past tense, and it also creates the participle for perfect tenses: walk, walked, have walked. What you end up with is a sense of completed action. So, an adjective ending in '-ed' is really a participle used as an adjective, and it, too, implies completed action. Ex. A washed car is clean. -->The act of washing happened in the past and has been completed. The car is clean as a result. The adjective 'washed' is the participal of the verb 'wash'. Adding '-ing' makes a verb progressive, meaning that the action is ongoing and incomplete: am walking, was walking, have been walking, etc. When a verb with an '-ing' ending is used as an adjective, it also implies ongoing and incomplete action. Ex. She's a charming girl. -->The girl has a constant aura of charm that does not dissipate or weaken. Her charm is constant. Nestor Joined on Mon, Mar 29 2004 Greensboro, North Carolina, US Junior Member 70 Verbs, Tenses, Past Tenses

	miriam  +  31312 Sat, 29 May 04 02:26 AM In addition to what Nestor said, with most verbs, -ing and -ed adjectives show whether the noun is the agent or receiver of the action expressed by the participle, which means they show two completely different situations. "A frightening animal" is very different from "a frightened animal". Yet, neither is more 'complete' than the other. They are just different. "A frightening animal" is an animal that will frighten you. The animal is the 'agent' or 'doer' (so to speak) of the action. "A frightened animal" is one that has been frightened by someone/something else. In this case, the animal is the 'receiver' of the action expressed by the participle (or 'participial', as these adjectives are also called). Other examples: "an interesting film" - "an interested look on her face" "an amusing joke" - "an amused audience" "surprising news" - "a surprised smile" Miriam miriam Joined on Mon, May 10 2004 Argentina Regular Member 821 "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." Plato Nouns, Verbs, Jokes

	Nestor  +  31373 Sat, 29 May 04 04:01 PM Miriam- That's a much better answer. It's obvious that you're the professional and I'm the amateur. But...I stand by my assertion that one component of the difference between present and past participle adjectives is the 'completeness' of the action. Nestor Difference Between

	CalifJim  +  51867 Sun, 24 Oct 04 09:37 PM When the verb base ("look" in this case) is intransitive, the -ed form won't make sense. There's no such thing as "The man is looked good", so there is no "good-looked man". There is, however, "The man looks good", so there is a "good-looking man". The same would happen for other intransitives like "sleep": "a sleeping man", but not "a slept man". Probably the full name of these participles should be "Present Active Participle" and "Past Passive Participle". It might be interesting to think about what a "Present Passive Participle" or a "Past Active Participle" would be!!! CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,128 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Verbs