Explain the rules and principles underlying the ungrammaticality or inappropriateness involved in the following sentences.
At this very moment, I feel very exciting and want to extend my sincerest thanks to all of you here for your inspiration, encouragement and support during my stay at Cambridge University.
The word “exciting” is misused here. The suffix -ing is often added behind a verb to form an adjective in order to modify inanimate objects, while the suffix -ed is often added behind a verb to form an adjective in order to modify people. The word “exciting” means causing great interest or excitement. And the word “excited” means feeling or showing happiness or enthusiasm. Here the subject is “I”, a person, therefore, the adjective used here should be “excited”.
The government has already adopted effective measures against the growing corruption appeared in the process of economic reform.
The word “appeared” is misused here. The verb “appear” here is used as a post-modifier of the noun “corruption”. As can be seen from the sentence, the verb “appear” is a non-predicate element. Since it cannot be used in passive voice, the past participle of “appear” cannot be used directly after the noun “corruption”. And considering the tense of this sentence, the growing corruption has appeared in the process of economic reform. Therefore, the correct form should be “against the growing corruption having appeared in the process of economic reform”.