Why is "law-abiding" kids grammatically corrent while "law-abided" kids is not.
Don't tell me rubbish such as "law-abiding" is an adjective but "law-abided" is not. My problem is "why 'law-abiding' is an adjective while 'law-abided' is not"?
Also, are there any situation where the -ed form is an adjective. (speaking from knowledge is accepted but try not use advanced example)
Grammar
2011-02-06 7:05 am
回答 (3)
2011-02-06 5:28 pm
✔ 最佳答案
The reason why "law-abided" is not correct is it does not make sense."Law-abiding kids" = 遵守法律的兒童
"Law-abided kids" = (被) 法律遵守的兒童
When a past participle is used as an adjective, it often means the noun after it is the receiver of the action.
2011-02-06 5:52 pm
Raymond is correct. Both are adjectives but they have different meaning. 'law-abided' kids doesn't make sense.
There are other examples: It is a time-consuming task (never say time-consumed).
2011-02-06 09:53:16 補充：
Another one: sound insulating material vs sound insulated material - the former refers to a material that has good insulation property whereas the latter refers to a material that has been treated with sound insulating coating.
There are other examples: It is a time-consuming task (never say time-consumed).
2011-02-06 09:53:16 補充：
Another one: sound insulating material vs sound insulated material - the former refers to a material that has good insulation property whereas the latter refers to a material that has been treated with sound insulating coating.
2011-02-06 4:13 pm
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