What is the difference between an interesting and an interested statement in English grammatical?
I am not a native English speaker yet I cannot explain to a non-native speaker why I
say: I am interested in history.
Why History is
so interesting and important to me?
Why is it “is interesting” when it is the subject, but not I am?
What is it like to be in business for a company?
If you wanted to make yourself the object, you could say: History
interests me.
Why don’t I buy my favorite toys at the moment?
When I start with the
verb form, history shocks me.
There are two parties to a typical shocking event: the shock-er, the one doing the shocking, and the shock-ee, the one being shocked (in this case, me). In grammar, the first is called the agent and the second the patient.
English language is so confusing that I mean many things. But luckily, we do. When “shock” is used as a verb, the main hint is the word order: John shocked Kaitlin vs. What would have happened if Kaitlin’s wife was murdered like John Singling? The subject of the film is the agent. Direct objects are patients (possible objects) but direct objects are the patients (possible objects) (disregarded persons).
How do we turn a verb into an adjective? The suffix -ing makes an adjective (called a participle) that describes the agent: shock are shock. Many feel the heat, sometimes more than when things really shock. The suffix -ed makes an adjective (called the past participle) that describes the patient: shock shocked, startled or upset.
(Many words have irregular past participles which mean “brother” or “broke” and are
not breaked) If any from the past is to be used as the past., then how do I put it together?
What is interesting and what
else? Both adjectives refer to subject. Interested refers to the direct object.
Which one is wrong would mean that ‘I’am interesting, not History.
I know that there are some answers that are interesting and interested alike. What does this mean?
- I’m interested in X. — X fits me perfectly.
- Am we really that excited about X? Or is it just a normal conversation?
- I am worried about X. — X is worrying to me.
- Am horrified by the X. — X is horrifying to me.
- I am surprised by X. — X is surprising to me.
- I am puzzled by X. — X is puzzling to me.
- I am amazed by X. — X is amazing to me.
And so forth. And so forth. How would you say X is keen on me? I just would not mean the same thing as “I am interested in X”, but I don’t see why that should be surprising. Is there
any cause of conflict?
People are interested. topics are interesting. interesting.
questions are open. people are interested in topics. interesting, topics. topics.
