How to distinguish the difference between the two of them?
For example, in the following sentence:
Local times, originating from X and perpetuated by Y, have been abolished.
Why can I not use "originated from X and perpetuating by Y"? I know that this fragment sounds awkward, but I am interested in knowing the rules behind it.
Best Answer
The difference at its root is related to a distinction between active voice (corresponding to the present participle) versus passive voice (corresponding to the past participle).
In your example sentence, it can be said that "local times originate from X" (active voice) whereas "local times are perpetuated by Y" (passive voice). Note that latter can be written in active voice as "Y perpetuates local times". And the former can't be sensibly written in passive voice (originate, in the sense used here, is intransitive and agent-less).
The wikipedia article on paticiples explains this difference like so:
Also look under the "English" section of that article for some further explanation as well as a list of where each kind of participle can be used.
Hopefully it's clear now that you can't use "originated" in your sentence because it's not the case that "[some agent] originates local times". And you can't say "perpetuating" because it's not the case that "local times perpetuate [some patient]" (in addition, with these constructions, the prepositional phrases "from X" and "by Y" become nonsensical).