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)?
Open opened the door - WordReference Forums You can use "opened" as an adjective if you need to emphasize the fact that the door is open because someone has (just) opened it In the example about the police officer it might make sense, although "open" would be perfectly adequate
It’s finally opened It opened finally - WordReference Forums “It’s finally opened”—“it” is a store that had closed two weeks ago and reopened now I know the word of “finally” is an adverb, can I rewrite the sentence to “It opened finally”? Original Text from THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Reaction was divided on China’s Internet message boards
open - active passive voice | WordReference Forums Hello Are both the active voice and passive voice possible in the following situations: A new factory opened in Newcastle A new factory was opened in Newcastle Thank you
Open vs Open Itself - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Open can be transitive (She opened the door) or intransitive (The door opens automatically) The transitive use can have a reflexive (The door opened itself), meaning that the door was automatic; but it's not required
an opened envelope - WordReference Forums Hello, please, could you tell me why "an OPENED envelope"? In order to write on an empty space in there ? Seems strange to me to write into an opened envelope Or any other reason which I can´t think of? It just strikes me as an usual combination (I do understand why she looks for the the