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It’s Word Insulted Insulting Insult

This flashcard distinguishes between 'insulted' (an adjective indicating someone has been offended) and 'insulting' (an adjective describing something that offends). The question probes the reasoning behind classifying words like 'insulted' as adjectives.

The flashcard tests the understanding that 'insulted' is an adjective describing someone who has been offended, while 'insulting' describes something that causes offense. The question asks why one might consider a word like 'insulted' to be an adjective.

Question Why do you consider it’s an … word?
Title 2992
QType (0=kprim,1=mc,2=sc) 2
Q_1 insulted
Q_2 insulting
Q_3 insult
Answers 0 1 0

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