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Inspirational or inspiring?

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elb
 
Reply Mon 22 Oct, 2012 08:50 am
"inspiring seminars" or "inspirational seminars"
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Mon 22 Oct, 2012 09:25 am
@elb,

either can be correct...
can you give us the complete sentence?
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Mon 22 Oct, 2012 02:16 pm
@elb,
An inspiring seminar needn't be inspirational. The latter implies it was a particular kind of seminar intended to inspire whereas any seminar could inspire
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contrex
 
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Reply Mon 22 Oct, 2012 03:46 pm
inspirational: intended to inspire - inspiring: said after the event about something that actually did inspire.

"inspirational" is an intention; "inspiring" is an effect.


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