[字辨] increased VS increasing

[pearltear ()]

Both INCREASING and INCREASED mean greater in sized or amount, but

seem to have difference in usage. Could someone give me a favor

to clarify how to apply the two words appropriately?

Consulting my dictionaries, I found nothing helpful for the usage of

INCREASED and INCREASING.



Thank you in advance.

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作者: seylan () 看板: Eng-Class
標題: Re: [字辨] increased VS increasing
時間: Wed Apr 16 11:22:50 2008

※ 引述《pearltear ()》之銘言：
: Both INCREASING and INCREASED mean greater in sized or amount, but
: seem to have difference in usage. Could someone give me a favor
: to clarify how to apply the two words appropriately?
: Consulting my dictionaries, I found nothing helpful for the usage of
: INCREASED and INCREASING.
: Thank you in advance.

Increased is used to indicate an action that is finished.
Increasing is used to indicate an action that is happening, at the time
of the sentence.

With increased, you know that the action has already ended, but with
increasing, all you know is that at some point, the action was happening,
but you probably don't know when it started or ended. It doesn't matter,
because you are only describing the action at the point it occured.

example:
a) The car increased in speed as traffic light turned yellow.
b) The car was increasing in speed when the traffic light turned yellow.

Both sentences describes the same situation, but b) describes the moment
when the car accelerated while a) describes the moment after the car
accelerated.

I don't know if this is the most appropiate explanation, but it's the way
I distinguish one from another. Hope this helps.




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推 malisse74:解釋很棒 但例句a)只是過去式而已 並非過去分詞當形容詞