Which one is more correct??
1. A surprising day
2. A surprised day
my English teacher didn't give me a definitive an
and how to distinguish between surprising and surprised?
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Answers · 4
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當然是 "A surprising day." : )
因為surprising 是用來指 "事情" 很驚人的 (原意為 : "令人"出乎意料的)
It's surprising. (這真令人出乎意料)
而surprised 是用來形容 "人" 很驚訝 (原意為 : "感到"出乎意料的)
I feel surprised.(我感到驚訝)
而其他像excited / exciting, amazed / amazing...等都是這樣的用法!
PS. To one's surprise, S+V. (令某人驚訝的, S+V.)
2
A surprising day. If you said, a surprised day, that would imply that the day was surprised by something. Where, a surprising day, implies that you or someone else were surprised by something on that day.
1
A surprising day is correct meaning that things happened that you didn't anticipate.
0
the surprising day~ or someone feel surprised on that day, 大概就是这个意思
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