Heartening or heartened

[chelsea92]

1. The congregation received some heartening words from their pastor

2. Our coach gave a heartened speech that made us confident we would win the game


"heartened" in the second sentence is correct or incorrect. Is it true if i use heartening as the first sentence. Thank you !

 

[billmcd]

I would go with "heartening" in both.

 

[5jj]

Heartened and heartening both the sentences are correct.

No, they are not. Only 'heartening' is appropriate. In #1, the congregation were heartened, and in #2, we were.

 

[Tdol]

No, they are not. Only 'heartening' is appropriate. In #1, the congregation were heartened, and in #2, we were.

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