Stop saying: “I was boring during the long meeting.”
Say instead: “I was bored during the long meeting.” · B1 · Word Choice
✗ Wrong
I was boring during the long meeting.
✓ Correct
I was bored during the long meeting.
Why?
Words ending in -ed describe how a person feels: bored, tired, excited. Words ending in -ing describe the thing that causes the feeling: a boring meeting, a tiring day, an exciting game. You are bored because the meeting is boring.
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🎙️ REAL VOICES
The three correct examples below, in a real voice.
✗ The book was bored.
✓ The book was boring.
✗ The students were boring during the lecture.
✓ The students were bored during the lecture.
✗ It was a bored movie night.
✓ It was a boring movie night.
Feelings take -ed; the cause takes -ing.