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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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The department store will be open on Jan. 1 next year.

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11font101. The department store will open on Jan. 1 next year.12font10 This could simply mean that you can shop there on the New Year holiday.12br
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11font102. The department store will be opened on Jan. 1 next year.12font10 This sounds like it's a new store that will commence business on Jan. 1.12br
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11font103.12font10 You might also consider 11font10The department store 11b10will be open12b10 on Jan. 1,12font10 which could mean either #1 or #2.12br
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10Best wishes, Clive12br
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10In sentence #2 past participle 01i00opened02i00 is used as an adjective and in sentence #3 01i00open02i00 is also used as an adjective. 01b01font00Right?02font02b0230hrefhttp://www.EnglishForward.com/English/OpenBeOpened/vdkxn/Post.htmcPost :352696
  

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0 01font 001. The department store will open on Jan. 02br 01font 002.

— Yoong Liat

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  • The department store will be opened on Jan.
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0 01font001. The department store will open on Jan. 1 next year.02font00 This could simply mean that you can shop there on the New Year holiday.02br
01font002. The department store will be opened on Jan. 1 next year.02font00 This sounds like it's a new store that will commence business on Jan. 1.0
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10Yoong Liat:12br
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11font11b10In sentence 2 11i10opened12i10 is used as a past participle.12b12font12br
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10Hi Yoong,12br
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10Yes, 11i10opened12i10 is used as a past part
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0 Yoong Liat: 02br
01font01b00In sentence 2 01i00opened02i00 is used as a past participle.02b02font02br
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00Hi Yoong,02br
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00Yes, 01i00opened02i00 is used as a past participle but that past participle is functioning as an adjective just lik
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0 Hi Jackson02br
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00As Clive noted in his original explanation, this sentence suggests a specific type of 01u00action02u00: 02br
00"01i00T02i00his sounds like it's a new store that 01u00will commence02u00 business on Jan. 100."02br
00(i.e. The owners 01u00will open
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0Of course if instead of 'opened' you used 'shut', you could have a problem!02br
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0Of course if instead of 'opened' you used 'shut', you could have a problem!02br
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0Yes, and especially in American English -- since people would tend be a bit mystified by that use of 'shut' anyway. 050010id5
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01cite10Yankee12cite10Yes, and especially in American English -- since people would tend be a bit mystified by that use of 'shut' anyway. 15012br
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00What are you talking about? Please clarify.010id5
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0 Hi Jackson02br
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00I've heard that the Brits use the word 'shut' where an American would use 'closed' when talking about shops and the opposite of 'open'. For example:02br
00The store is closed. = The store is not open.02br
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00If a store stopped operating forever, I'd probably say "The store went out of business" or possibly "The stor
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0Yes, I will have to wait for 01b00Nona the Brit02b00.0-
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