ctivnan
12/19/07, 11:25 AM
Participial adjectives are adjectives derived from present participles (exciting) and past participles (excited).
The PRESENT PARTICIPLES are used to describe the SOURCE or CAUSE of an action or feeling.
e.g. The latest soccer game was exciting.
(exciting here describes the kind of soccer game there was)
The PAST PARTICIPLES are used to describe the ONE(s) AFFECTED. by the action or feeling.
e.g. The people watching the latest soccer game were excited.
(excited describes the people's feelings)
** We can treat people or other living things as the SOURCE of a feeling (She's interesting) or the ones AFFECTED by it (I'm interested in her). We treat non-living things as the SOURCE ONLY (It's interesting).
So we cannot say: The TV was interested.
This sentence has no logic because a TV cannot feel interested.
** As adjectives, we can also use these participial adjectives before a noun it modifies.
e.g.
The interesting soccer game was held in Sao Paulo.
The interested crowd watched the soccer game intently.
Does this post interest you at all? :lol:
The PRESENT PARTICIPLES are used to describe the SOURCE or CAUSE of an action or feeling.
e.g. The latest soccer game was exciting.
(exciting here describes the kind of soccer game there was)
The PAST PARTICIPLES are used to describe the ONE(s) AFFECTED. by the action or feeling.
e.g. The people watching the latest soccer game were excited.
(excited describes the people's feelings)
** We can treat people or other living things as the SOURCE of a feeling (She's interesting) or the ones AFFECTED by it (I'm interested in her). We treat non-living things as the SOURCE ONLY (It's interesting).
So we cannot say: The TV was interested.
This sentence has no logic because a TV cannot feel interested.
** As adjectives, we can also use these participial adjectives before a noun it modifies.
e.g.
The interesting soccer game was held in Sao Paulo.
The interested crowd watched the soccer game intently.
Does this post interest you at all? :lol: