was open vs was opened

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Which version is grammtically correct?
Ah! my room was open all week.
Ah! my room was opened all week.

The shop is still open.
The shop is still opened.
 
    • Ah! my room was opened all week.:cross:

    To me, this implies that somebody is standing by the door constantly opening and closing it for a week.

    \The shop is still opened. :cross: I would not use this, either.
     
    Dont we use third form with is and are if the tense is in passive voice?
    If yes then why they are wrong.
     
    1. Ah! my room was open all week.
    2. Ah! my room was opened all week. :cross:

    3. The shop is still open.
    4. The shop is still opened. :cross:

    Open is an adjective qualifying room/shop.

    Opened is the past participle of the verb "to open" 2, and 4. make no sense. 2. = All of the time and for a week someone came to my room and opened it. 4. meaningless.

    If you are considering the passive, you must be able to add "by someone/something" to the end of a passive sentence: try it.
     
    for example The shop is opened by him.
    but Paulq didnt you ever see at the door of shops closed and open written on a plate to show either shop is open or closed?
     
    I know what the passive is.

    Of course I see shops with open and closed signs - why do you ask?

    What do you think examples 2. and 4. mean?
     
    Paulq I am sorry. I am vexing you a question you asked is irritating me.
    Of course I see shops with open and closed signs - why do you ask?
    Why have not you used why did you askinstaed of why do you ask ?
    Is this the difference between A.E and B.E?
     
    Yes, there is often a sign on the door which says OPEN on one side and CLOSED on the other, and you can turn it around after opening and before closing the shop.
    The point is, it says OPEN, not OPENED.

    In a passive sentence, "The door was opened by Fred", this tells us who opened it, or that it has been opened, and that after this happened, the door was then open.
    Here open is an adjective telling us the state of the door, but opened is a past participle, telling us what action took place.

    When you are making a statement about the state of the door/room/shop, particularly over the course of a period of time, you have to use the adjective.

    Oh, having just seen your later post, I see where your confusion lies. The problem is that the past participle of the verb "to close" is "closed", but the corresponding adjective of state is also "closed". That's just coincidence. Unfortunately when you see "closed" you don't know (except from context) whether it's an adjective or a participle. With "open" or "opened" you can tell the difference immediately even without context.
     
    Devour, I suggest you devour the contents of flogging a dead horse

    for example The shop is opened by him. :cross: You could say "opened by him every morning." but you didn't say that.
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    but Paulq didnt you ever see at the door of shops closed and open written on a plate to show either shop is open or closed?
    Click to expand...

    Totally irrelevant to your original question.

    Furthermore, you might explain why you ask a question and then insist you already know the proper answer after being told by one or more educated, mainstream, native English speakers that you are wrong.
     
    The shop is big; the shop is white; the shop is open -> open is an adjective. open tells you about the shop.

    The shop is opened = someone opened the shop: opened = verb a verb tells you what has been done.

    There is no AE/BE difference.
     
    No, I didnt know the answer before
    I just saw Bob marley quote in which closed and open is used and then I made it my signature. sir please dont mind.
    and the question which I asked form PaulQ of the door was in the same manner to know more about use of open and closed.
    I am again sorry If I made anyone felt bad.
     
    Remember that the present tense is generally habitual - some thing that happens over and over.

    The shop is opened every day at nine. :tick: At nine o'clock every day, someone opens the shop.
    The shop is opened. :confused: Someone opens the shop over and over again with no indication of when or how often.
     
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    Hello everyone,

    I see there are quite a few threads on this topic in the forum. Sorry for raising the question again, but I would like to know whether these sentences are grammatical:

    1. The door has been opened all along.
    2. The door has been open all along.
    3. The door has been open all along for a month.

    4. The door has long since been opened.
    5. The door has long since been open.
    6. The door has long since been open for a month.

    Thank you so much!
     
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    Please give us some context, Wigglystuff. For example, what do you want this sentence to mean?

    The door has been opened/open all along.
     
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