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Pixels  #434138  Wed, 24 Oct 07 10:59 AM
I need help with this sentence please! Can we write "She had a worrying look on her face" or is it "she had a worried look on her face."

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Marius Hancu  #434165  Wed, 24 Oct 07 12:47 PM
Both work:

worrying: producing worry in others
worried: she herself was undergoing the feeling of worry

  
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Goodman  #434264  Wed, 24 Oct 07 05:18 PM

 Pixels wrote:
I need help with this sentence please! Can we write "She had a worrying look on her face" or is it  regards, Ali

"she had a worried look on her face."- Something caused her to feel worried.

If I said " my son's behavior worries me lately ", I am saying his behavior has caused me to feel worried.

  
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