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Sat 6 Jan, 2007 10:35 am
I have a question for the following problem.
It's better to cut our losses now and focus on developing something that will be more __________.
(A) profit (B) profiting (C) profitted (D) profitable
the answer for this question is (D).//to me.... it sounds a bit weird but (B) also seems to be the answer.. // I learned that both nouns and adjectives can occupy a subjective complement position...and...since ' present participles' and ' past participles' can function as 'adjectives', the word 'profiting' sounds okay to me to be the subjective complement in the above question...
can anybody help me out to solve this question?
That answer is "D." I cannot think of very many examples of present participles used that way, although it is sometimes used--for example: "We thought the movie was riveting." But i suggest that such usages are idiomatic, and simply something one has to learn. I suppose you could use "profiting" in this sentences, but it sounds awkward to me.
I think the missing word must refer to the ABILITY to make a profit of the stuff . Just my thought^^, the present participles and past participles are used when the subject has really engaged into the action.
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