Start every sentence with a capital letter.Hi.
Could you answer my question please?
"Maggie got encouraging/encouraged news from the doctor."
Which form is correct?
.Start every sentence with a capital letter.
What do you think is the correct form?
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Thank you.
I think the second form is correct because encouraging is an adjective and usually comes after noun, So I think the correct answer is encouraged.
Do you think 'encouraged' refers to 'Maggie', i.e. Maggie got encouraged?... So I think the correct answer is encouraged.
I think you may be confusing Persian syntax with English syntax. As Barb has mentioned already, the adjective normally comes before the noun in English, even though in Persian it does come after the noun.
Most adjectives come before the noun.
A red barn.
A bad day.
Some good news.
Would you like to try again?
Do you think 'encouraged' refers to 'Maggie', i.e. Maggie got encouraged?
Not a teacher.
I don't take it to mean that it must not be used before nouns, but I am not a teacher.it doesn't usually come before noun.
I think it can be used in the following, but I am not a teacher.I think the correct answer is encouraged.
Maggie got encouraged by the news from the doctor.'
There is a wide variation in what native speakers consider natural and unnatural, depending on their nationality, age, social group and regional dialect.