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Park cpu Posted 9 years ago
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What is the difference between the sentences 'school will remain closed' & 'school will remain close' ?
  

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park cpu What is the difference between the sentences 'school will remain closed' & 'school will remain close' ? 'close' is an adjective. 'closed' is the past participle form of the verb 'close'.

  • park cpu What is the difference between the sentences 'school will remain closed' & 'school will remain close' ?
  • 'close' is an adjective.
  • 'closed' is the past participle form of the verb 'close'.
  • We are close friends.
  • The office was closed (by the manager).
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park cpu What is the difference between the sentences 'school will remain closed' & 'school will remain close' ?

'close' is an adjective. 'closed' is the past participle form of the verb 'close'.

We are close friends. The office was closed (by the manager).

My school is very close to my house. They wanted to move to somewhere else but changed

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1. I think they will remain close the rest of their lives.
2. I think the shop will remain closed until Monday.

Close is an adjective in the above sentence, closed is a past participle, a verb form, used adjectivally in my sentence.

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