Adjective

[knowwhat]

Dear Teacher

This post is the carry-on post that I had posted eariler with the subject. The reason that I created this post is because I didnt elaborate my question very well in my 1st post. So, I start it all over again at this post

We all know there are several form of adjectives, and different forms have different meaning:

adjective with ing form = express the effect something has on us
e.g. The delay was annoying

adjective with ed form = express how we feel
e.g. The passengers were annoyed


And my question is

what about the adj with ful, ive form?
e.g. impressive
elective
selective

Then compare : impressive Vs Impressed
elective Vs elected
selective Vs Selected

Thanks

[BobK]

I'm not sure what the question is. Different suffixes (end-bits) form different words that usually have different meanings. When the words are participles (ending "-ing" and "-ed"), they expand on the meaning of the verb; "rested" and "resting" have meanings closely related to the meaning of the verb. But with other suffixes, the meanings needn't be so closely related; "restive", "restless" and "restful" all exist; use a dictionary to compare their distinct meanings.

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[David L.]

-ive as a suffix means ' tending to; having the nature of'

So, 'impression', and 'tending to make an impression'= 'impressive'

-ed can be a suffix to a noun, forming an adjective - talented, diseased. Meaning 'having, possessing, affected by"

But be careful:
I elect to.../ We must elect a...
and
I elected to/ We elected
-ed is also used to form the past tense.

"I selected a blue jumper. The shop assistant took my selected item to the cash register and..."

Here, the past tense with -ed becomes a participial adjective.

[knowwhat]

Bobk

sorry for the confusion, and David has answered my inquiries

David L

thank for your explanation. You have cleared my long unsolved question

Very appreciated man

One more thing... is suffix of ful also has the same meaning?

[monty mike]

One more thing... is suffix of ful also has the same meaning?

If you ad 'ful' as a suffix it attributes a quality to a subject.

E.g. If you are full of beauty, you are beautiful.

You do not say Amy is full of beauty, you say she is beautiful!