Arecent news story reported that when a newly engaged woman gave some change to a homeless man, her ring fell into his coin jar. after he proceeded to return it, he received a large sum of money in donations from people touched by the story. this is an example of the

This story is an example of the just-world hypothesis or just-world fallacy.

Explanation:

According to the just-world hypothesis, a person is going to be rewarded if she or he performs a morally good act, and punished in case of performing a morally bad act. It comes from the belief that the world is fair and every action in the world has consequences. As a result, good people are rewarded, while bad people are punished.  

Here, the homeless man returned the engagement ring (morally good act) and was received donations (reward for a morally good act).

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the words "interested" and "interesting" are in the same word group as they are based in the noun "interest". however, their meanings are very different.

"interesting" is an active adjective, meaning that it causes interest.

"interested" is a passive adjective, meaning that it has interest for something.

a clear example can be "i am interested in this book, the book is really interesting."

generally speaking, an active adjective can end in -ing, and those will be adjectives causing a reaction or emotion. other examples of active adjectives are: boring, exciting, annoying, exhausting.

a passive adjective may end in -ed, and those will be describing the noun that is receiving the action. other examples of passive adjectives are: bored, excited, annoyed, exhausted.