welcome & welcoming

[panicmonger]

This is an interesting question.

It goes like this:

1. Hosts are welcoming.
2. Visitors are welcome.

Am I right about welcome & welcoming?

Thank you, and also I like this sentence below:

The president Obama created an extraordinary personality cult around him before the general election in 2008.

[bhaisahab]

[QUOTE=panicmonger;686061]This is an interesting question.

It goes like this:

1. Hosts are welcoming.
2. Visitors are welcome.

Am I right about welcome & welcoming? Yes.

Thank you, and also I like this sentence below:

The president Obama created an extraordinary personality cult around him before the general election in 2008. What is your question about this sentence?[/QUOTE]
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[Rover_KE]

I'd like the sentence better if it more accurately read

The presidential candidate Obama created an extraordinary personality cult around him before the general election in 2008.

Rover

[e2e4]

The presidential candidate Obama created an extraordinary personality cult around him before the general election in 2008.

The presidential candidate Obama had created an extraordinary personality cult (around him) before the general election in 2008.

[panicmonger]

The presidential candidate Obama created an extraordinary personality cult around him before the general election in 2008.

The presidential candidate Obama had created an extraordinary personality cult (around him) before the general election in 2008.

Are they(past tense and past perfect tense) both correct?
Thanks again.

[e2e4]

/A learner/

Are they(past tense and past perfect tense) both correct?
Thanks again.

I would use the past perfect aspect for I see "the general election in 2008" happened in the past even though the word happened is not written down the paper. (in 2008)
And I think the preposition of time "before" asks for the past perfect in the sentence. "Before" refers to the deep past.

Could the sentence be said the other way, I don't know.
I would like to know it too.

[bhaisahab]

Are they(past tense and past perfect tense) both correct?
Thanks again.

Yes, they are both correct. I think the version with the simple past is probably more likely in most situations.