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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
- 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 7 years, 7 months ago Modified 7 years, 6 months ago
- 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
- past participles - All opened files or all open files? - English . . .
There are 2 assumptions implicit in "opened" as used in the question: that they are still open and that they were opened (i e opened by an act of the user, files automatically opened because they were open in a previous session may or may not be included) So "all opened files are added to the list of recent files" is good (referring to the act of opening) but "all open files will be saved"
- Why dont we say: The shop is opened? [duplicate]
Why do we write "The shop is open" and not "The shop is opened"? The passive voice is formed this way: verb + ed On the other hand, we write "The shop is closed"
- How to express something opened my eyes to something in English?
I am trying to find a common expression of saying that my eyes have opened after something has happened in my life For an example: I have moved to another country, learned many things about people, their approaches to living, points of view and so forth
- Throttle is to slow down, but full throttle is max speed?
Originally, throttle meant throat So "full-throttle" for a motorized vehicle is like a lion's full-throated roar - the throttle throat is opened as wide as possible (for maximum throughput of fuel or air) It's just that the verb to throttle came to have the meaning choke (fatally cut off someone's air by squeezing their throat), which led to "throttling back" meaning "reduce the fuel supply
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