I was wondering why we say "something is missing" instead of "something is missed"?
If missed is an adjective then why we use it that way?
E.g.: "The sword is missing".
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Sign up to join this communityI was wondering why we say "something is missing" instead of "something is missed"?
If missed is an adjective then why we use it that way?
E.g.: "The sword is missing".
Imagine you have a collection of objects including a sword, one day you can't see the sword and you don't know where it's gone, then you can say "The sword is missing", meaning it's absent.
Now imagine you had a sword and you gave it to someone, or you got rid of it, the point being you know where it's gone and you don't have it. You see a snake in your lounge and you wish you had your sword to cut its head, you miss the sword and you think "the sword is missed" (passive).