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Subject: How to get lucky?
Tips:
A. Live a charmed life.
B. Open your mind.
C. Relish the upside.
D. Learn to be lucky.


If the book is great and fun, I call it 'an interesting book' rather than 'interested book.' When life is fantastic, I call it 'charming life.' But here why he used 'charmed'?
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"charmed life" means the life with no calamity
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It means a pleasant life. My question is why the -ed form not the -ing form?

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Life should be charming, not charmed. :D
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A charmed life = a lucky one- someone who has avoided disaster lives a 'charmed life'.
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A charmed life = a lucky one- someone who has avoided disaster lives a 'charmed life'.
What about 'an interested book'?
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Default Re: How to get lucky?

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Subject: How to get lucky?
Tips:
A. Live a charmed life.
B. Open your mind.
C. Relish the upside.
D. Learn to be lucky.


If the book is great and fun, I call it 'an interesting book' rather than 'interested book.' When life is fantastic, I call it 'charming life.' But here why he used 'charmed'?
I agree with tdol's reply. :D In addition, it's often, but not always the case that -ed expresses, altered/changed by, like this,

a burnt tree (a tree that has been altered/changed by fire)
a burning tree (a tree that is burning now)

a charmed life (a life that has been altered/changed by luck)
a charming life ( a life that is charming, pleasant)

All the best, :D
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Subject: How to get lucky?
Tips:
A. Live a charmed life.
B. Open your mind.
C. Relish the upside.
D. Learn to be lucky.


If the book is great and fun, I call it 'an interesting book' rather than 'interested book.' When life is fantastic, I call it 'charming life.' But here why he used 'charmed'?
I agree with tdol's reply. :D In addition, it's often, but not always the case that -ed expresses, altered/changed by, like this,

a burnt tree (a tree that has been altered/changed by fire)
a burning tree (a tree that is burning now)

a charmed life (a life that has been altered/changed by luck)
a charming life ( a life that is charming, pleasant)

All the best, :D
Agreed. It's like,
a sleeping child ( a child who is sleeping and maybe is having sweet dreams)
A sleeping car ( a car that provides passengers space to rest or sleep)

So back to my context, I think both can be used to get lucky. Can't they?
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Agreed. It's like,
a sleeping child ( a child who is sleeping and maybe is having sweet dreams)
A sleeping car ( a car that provides passengers space to rest or sleep)
e.g. a sleeping child
e.g. a sleeping car

The first example indicates that the child is performing the action of sleeping. The second example does not indicate that the car is performing the action of sleeping--rather, the present participle tells us what kind of car it is: it's a car that is made for sleeping => a sleeping car.

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So back to my context, I think both can be used to get lucky. Can't they?
e.g. Live a charmed life.
e.g. Live a charming life.

In the first example indicates that something has charmed your life. The second example does not indicate that something has charmed your life--rather, it tells us what kind of life: a charming/pleasant life.

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a. Present participles
Present participles used as adjectives refer to actions being performed by the things being described. In the following examples the present participles used as adjectives are underlined.

e.g. the falling star
the barking dog

The first example indicates that the star is performing the action of falling. The second example indicates that the dog is performing the action of barking.

b. Past participles
Past participles used as adjectives refer to actions which have been performed on the things being described. In the following examples, the past participles used as adjectives are underlined.

e.g. the scattered leaves
the broken drum

The first example indicates that something has scattered the leaves. The second example indicates that something has broken the drum.

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