usage of worth -ing and worthy of

[popri]

I guess "She is worth waiting for." is a correct sentence since I heard some native speaker was saying on TV.
What should I say if I start with "She is worthy of"?
She is worthy of waiting for?

 

[popri]

Thank you for posting, but I'm confused.

According to Cambridge online dictionary, worthy means deserving or suitable for.
e.g.

Each of the ten chapters is worthy of a separate book.

After viewing the damage, the president decided that the area was worthy of federal disaster relief.

 

[Phaedrus]

I guess "She is worth waiting for." is a correct sentence since I heard some native speaker was saying on TV.
What should I say if I start with "She is worthy of"?
She is worthy of waiting for?

"[strike]She is worthy of waiting for[/strike]" is ungrammatical, unlike "She is worth waiting for," which is grammatical.

You could say, "She is worthy of being waited for," but that would not mean the same thing as "She is worth waiting for."

"She is worth waiting for" means that it is (or would be) worth your (or any other relevant individual's) while to wait for her. You'll be glad you did.

"She is worthy of being waited for" means that she deserves to be waited for, even if nobody would personally benefit from doing so. We owe it to her.

 

[popri]

Thank you for posting. Thanks to it, I’m beginning to understand it.

I have a question about “it is worth your while to wait for her”. Is it possible to use “time” instead of "while"? “While” I know is only conjunction.

 

[abaka]

"Worth your time" is not wrong, and you will hear it now and again, especially in the context of billable hours.

In the general case, however, "worth your while" is a standard idiom, and sounds much better. "While" in this phrase is a noun that means "an interval of time".

 

[popri]

Hi, Thanks for posting. I’m still a little confused although I understand the difference between “She is worth waiting for” and “She is worthy of being waited for”. The problem is that I’ve happened to choose a rare pattern. It seems that you say “be worthy of noun” most of the time. You don’t often say “be worthy of verb+ing”, do you?

I’d still like to know if I understand correctly, so I wrote some sentences.

He is worthy of being called a master of American popular music.
He is worthy of receiving the Nobel Prize.
This novel is worthy of being read.
Our boss is worthy of being respected.
His proposal is worthy of being considered.

I would be grateful if you would correct any of mistakes.

 

[GoesStation]

He is worthy of being called a master of American popular music. :tick:
[STRIKE]He[/STRIKE] His work is worthy of [STRIKE]receiving[/STRIKE] the Nobel Prize.
This novel is [STRIKE]worthy of being read[/STRIKE] worth reading.
Our boss is worthy of being respected.:tick:
His proposal is worthy of being considered.Possible, but worth consideration is much more natural.

I would be grateful if you would correct any [STRIKE]of[/STRIKE] mistakes.

Even though I marked some of the sentences correct, I would not write them. You can safely forget about using worthy of. It's not wrong, but it's rare and not really worth a lot of study.