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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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All of them were opposed to going on a picnic
All of them were opposed to going on a picnic because of the rain.
All of them opposed to going on a picnic because of the rain.
Do both of the above sound right and mean pretty much the same? Thanks.
All of them opposed to going on a picnic because of the rain.
Do both of the above sound right and mean pretty much the same? Thanks.
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>All of them opposed to going on a picnic because of the rain. Bad English: not idiomatic.
- >All of them opposed to going on a picnic because of the rain.
- Bad English: not idiomatic.
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>All of them opposed to going on a picnic because of the rain.
Bad English: not idiomatic.
Bad English: not idiomatic.
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Marius Hancu>All of them opposed to going on a picnic because of the rain.Thanks, Marius.
Bad English: not idiomatic.
But why is the first in the following correct as opposed to the second which is seen as not idiomatic?
All of them objected to going on a picnic because of the rain.
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AngliholicBecause there is no such thing as "oppose to doing something".
But why is the first in the following correct as opposed to the second which is seen as not idiomatic?
All of them objected to going on a picnic because of the rain.
All of them opposed to going on a picnic because of the rain.
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To recapitulate:
1. All of them were opposed to going on a picnic because of the rain.
— This is fine. The idiom is "to be opposed to something".
2. All of them opposed to going on a picnic because of the rain.
— Not quite right; you can either use #1, or the idiom "to oppose something", as Lingua suggests, e.g.
3. All of them opposed t
1. All of them were opposed to going on a picnic because of the rain.
— This is fine. The idiom is "to be opposed to something".
2. All of them opposed to going on a picnic because of the rain.
— Not quite right; you can either use #1, or the idiom "to oppose something", as Lingua suggests, e.g.
3. All of them opposed t
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From what I could see, "were supposed to" is idiomatically used to convey the same thing as "opposed" which basically means "dislike or disapprove of soemthing". To confirm that, I did a short comparison on Google. Please correct me if I am wrong. I got the same meaning out of these postings in either "be +opposed" or "just "opposed"
First Feminists were Opposed to Abortion
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Angliholic -- you could also say "All of them were opposed to going on a picnic."
Anonymous -- you said: From what I could see, "were supposed to" is idiomatically used to convey the same thing as "opposed" which basically means "dislike or disapprove of soemthing". If you meant "were opposed to" rather than
Anonymous -- you said: From what I could see, "were supposed to" is idiomatically used to convey the same thing as "opposed" which basically means "dislike or disapprove of soemthing". If you meant "were opposed to" rather than
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Angliholic -- you could also say "All of them were opposed to going on a picnic."
Anonymous -- you said: From what I could see, "were supposed to" is idiomatically used to convey the same thing as "opposed" which basically means "dislike or disapprove of soemthing". If you meant "were opposed
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