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- Opened vs open? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Is there are rule when to use opened vs open? I always get confused even though I've been speaking English as the dominant language for more than half my life E g Is the door open(ed)?
- The door was opened vs The door was open [duplicate]
The door was opened This sentence is a passive It means 'somebody opened the door' in an active voice Here 'open' is used as a verb 'Open' is used in its past participle form I will give you a few more examples: The door was opened -> Somebody opened the door The food was eaten -> Somebody ate the food Both sentences have the same
- is open is opened - WordReference Forums
"opened" is the past participle of "open" So yoiu would want to say "the shop has opened" Will open - future Open - present Has opened - past BUT, in this case - Both "The shop is open" and "The shop has opened" imply the same idea, which is "Time to go shopping"
- will be open vs will be opened - WordReference Forums
The 'opened' in b) is an past participle and it tells us the action of the owner of the counter And roughly speaking, the action 'open' will be achieved in an instance, the sentence b) is not a right one
- Which word should i use? Open and Opened - English Language Usage . . .
"These cases are opened" is a passive construction that declares an event of opening these cases to take place For instance, if a judge could open cases by deeming them to be open, he could say "These cases are opened" (and bring his gavel down) to accomplish the opening of the cases
- We are open or opened | WordReference Forums
Got into a dispute how to say "We are open" or "opened" And why, in this case "open" without the "`ed" How do you explain this using the grammatic terms and rules, but not at the level of personal opinion and conjecture? What parts of speech these words are? The teacher managed to say
- Why do we use open and closed instead of opened and closed
Why do we use open and closed instead of opened and closed Ask Question Asked 6 years, 10 months ago Modified 6 years, 9 months ago
- was open vs was opened - WordReference Forums
The point is, it says OPEN, not OPENED In a passive sentence, "The door was opened by Fred", this tells us who opened it, or that it has been opened, and that after this happened, the door was then open Here open is an adjective telling us the state of the door, but opened is a past participle, telling us what action took place
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