Open but closed?

Question

Why do we say that the door is open and not opened? I know that the adjective form is "open", but we say the door is closed and not close. Why is that?

Answer 1

Open can be a verb or an adjective. as an adgective, it is used to represent the present state of the door, much as "the house is red" as opposed to the house is reddened. For your face to be reddened, means that something caused your face to become red such as embarrassment.

The word "close" is only a verb, and "closed" is the adjective form. It doesn't make much sense, but that's the way our English seems to function these days. Some languages make much more sense and the forms of the verbs and adjectives are much better defined.

--Dee

Answer 2

Because someone closed it, if it is closed it is because someone did it in the past even if it is just a minute it is still in the past, therefore correct to use past tense.

The door is open because it is presently open, you see this is the present.

Answer 3

I always say opened. I thought everone did. I guess not. haha. I like my way better though. It sounds wrong when you say open. Like your grammatically defficiant. I really don't know which one is correct though.

Answer 4

"Close" refers to distance, in this instance for something nearby .

Example: You are sitting close to the fireplace.

"Closed" is for any entryway when it is shut.

Examples: The door is closed (shut). My mouth is closed (shut).


Hope that enlightened you.

Answer 5

open because it is presently open and closed because it has been closed. not too sure

Answer 6

aahh, the vagaries of the english language, personally I'd hate to see english become as regimented as a computer programming language.