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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

yet + PAST SIMPLE ?

Hello clever teacher

What shall I say

Yesterday I went to the shop but it was not opened yet or
Yesterday I went to the shop but it had not opened yet.

And why , I think as open should be a dynamic verb the second one is the best.

Thanks to help me
  

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I think both are acceptable, as long as you change the first one to "Yesterday I went to the shop but it was not open yet" . And why? Because you're using "open" as an adjective, not as the past participle of the verb "to open".

— MrGuedes

  • I think both are acceptable, as long as you change the first one to "Yesterday I went to the shop but it was not open yet" .
  • And why?
  • Because you're using "open" as an adjective, not as the past participle of the verb "to open".
  • Hereupon, both sentences have slightly different meanings.
  • The first one indicates that the status of the shop was "closed".
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I think both are acceptable, as long as you change the first one to "Yesterday I went to the shop but it was not open yet".
And why? Because you're using "open" as an adjective, not as the past participle of the verb "to open".

Hereupon, both sentences have slightly different meanings. The first one indicates that the status of the shop was "closed". It wasn't ope
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