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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

I saw this sentence in news paper. "Santosh was opposed to Preetha pursuing her post graduate."

I think we should not use was in the sentence. It should be "Santosh opposed to Preetha pursuing her post graduate."
  

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Anonymous I saw this sentence in news paper. "I think we should not use was in the sentence. " You need 'was' in the original sentence; your adaptation is wrong.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous I saw this sentence in news paper.
  • "I think we should not use was in the sentence.
  • " You need 'was' in the original sentence; your adaptation is wrong.
  • However, it can—and should—be rewritten as one of these: Santosh was opposed to Preetha's pursuing her postgraduate degree.
  • Santosh opposed Preetha's pursuing her postgraduate degree
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Anonymous I saw this sentence in news paper. "Santosh was opposed to Preetha pursuing her post graduate."I think we should not use was in the sentence. It should be "Santosh opposed to Preetha pursuing her post graduate."
You need 'was' in the original sentence; your adaptation is wrong. However, it can—and should—be rewritten as one of these:

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Santhosh was opposed means someone opposes santhosh. But here santhosh is opposing. Can you please explain me clearly.
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Sharan Yadav R Can you please explain me clearly.
Yes:
Sharan Yadav RSanthosh was opposed means someone opposes santhosh
No, it does not when 'to' is attached to it. 'Opposed' is an adjective in the original sentence.
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Okay. But opposed is a verb. How can we use it as adjective. I think we can all past participles as adjectives. Opposed becomes adjective only if it is attached by 'to' or any preposition like by, for,with etc
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Sharan Yadav R I think we can all past participles as adjectives. Opposed becomes adjective only if it is attached by 'to' or any preposition like by, for,with etc
Right, and that is how 'opposed' is used.
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