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Klavier Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Opposite to

Hello.
Why do you use to in the second sentence and why not in the first? Or there is some kind of mistake?

They live in the house opposite mine.
Angela's house is opposite to ours.
  

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I wouldn't use to in either sentence.

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  • I wouldn't use to in either sentence.
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I wouldn't use to in either sentence.
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Hello Latin

(1) They live in the house opposite mine. [opppsite:preposition]
(2) Angela's house is opposite to ours. [opposite:adjective]

I think you can rephrase them as;
(3) They live in the house opposite to mine.
(4) Angela's house is opposite ours.

But caution! We cannot say;
(5) His opinion is opposite mine.
We have to say i
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As Nona indicated, "opposite to" sounds strange in your second sentence. To me, the normal ways of saying the sentence would be: "Angela's house is facing ours." or "Angela's house is across from ours." Notice that the American Heritage Dictionary does use "opposite to" in this way: "opposite ... ADJECTIVE: ... 4a. Altogether different, as in nature, quality, or significance: The effect of
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Well, these examples were taken from my dictionary, and the second Paco, they say is a prep. or adv. Emotion: tongue tied For the adj. they give
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Hello guys

I had understood the usage of 'opposite' as I stated above, but now I feel I might be wrong.

Explanation by OED
1 A. adjective.
Placed or lying over against something on the other or farther side of an intervening line, space, or thing; contrary in position.
Constructed with "to"/"from".
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2 D. quasi-preposition
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Finally, it's seems that omissionis the word. Thanks paco, you seem to have several enciclopedias and Google resources on your computer,
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Hello Latin

You are welcome. I'm learning English through thinking over the questions given here. So in reality you are one of my teachers of English.

paco
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0 I would say the second sentence is incorrect (Roy Smith - EFL teacher) 0-
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01cite10Latin12cite10They live in the house opposite mine. 12br
10Angela's house is opposite to ours.12blockquote
10Hi Latin (if you still visit these forums)02br
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00Both sentences look good to me.02br
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00Cheers02br
00CB0-
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Which is proper?
They are like two ditches on either side of the road; they are completely opposite of one another.
They are like two ditches on either side of the road; they are
completely opposite to each other.
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