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Are you using "getting" in the sense of "becoming" or "receiving/obtaining"?Originally Posted by ph2004
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- 23-Nov-2009, 10:34 #1
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getting confidence/getting confident ? "He's getting more confidence"./ "He's getting more confident." Are both sentences correct and do they have the same meaning ?
- 23-Nov-2009, 11:04 #2
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Re: getting confidence/getting confident ?
- 23-Nov-2009, 11:29 #3
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Re: getting confidence/getting confident ? Yes. Originally Posted by bhaisahab
- 23-Nov-2009, 12:14 #4
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Re: getting confidence/getting confident ? "He's getting more confidence"./ "He's getting more confident."
In the first one "confidence" is a noun so "getting" is appropriate it means "receiving/obtaining". In the second "confident" is an adjective and you should use "becoming" rather than "getting".
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