What is the difference between adjectives ending in -ing and -ed?
Adjectives ending in ‘-ing’ usually describe the effect that something has on someone’s feelings. A few adjectives ending in ‘-ing’ describe a process or state that continues over a period of time. Most adjectives ending in ‘-ed’ describe people’s feelings. Have a look at the a href=”http://www.learnenglish.de/Level1/Extras/CommonMistakes.htm” target=”newwin”>Common Mistakes in English page for a couple of examples – bored vs boring and interested vs interesting.
