Complete/Completed & Open/Opened
Somebody has explained the usage of "complete/completed" as: The word “complete” is both an adjective and a transitive verb. Therefore, Action Item A is complete (adjective), or Action Item A was completed yesterday (past tense verb). But how about the usage of "open/opened"? 1.The door is open. ("open" is used here as an adjective) 2.The door was open. Why we say "was completed", but "was open" and not "was opened"? assuming the same rules apply? |
| Can somebody pls help to explain, I get very confused…tks. |
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peterchan Why we say "was completed", but "was open" and not "was opened"? assuming the same rules apply? We can say both "The door was open" and "The door was opened".
- peterchan Why we say "was completed", but "was open" and not "was opened"?
- assuming the same rules apply?
- We can say both "The door was open" and "The door was opened".
- The first one (adjectival) describes the door's state; the second one (passive verb) describes an action that someone did to the door.
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peterchanWhy we say "was completed", but "was open" and not "was opened"? assuming the same rules apply?
We can say both "The door was open" and "The door was opened". The first one (adjectival) describes the door's state; the second one (passive verb) describes an action that someone did to the door.
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