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Latest post Mon, Feb 20 2006 10:26 AM by milky. 3 replies.
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Anonymous  +  198666 Sun, 19 Feb 06 05:23 PM
Hi,
I have a doubt with the sentence "I left my windows open/opened"
I think the correct one is the one with "open" but I'm not sure if the second one is also possible.
Thank you.

Anonymous, 3 yr 276 days ago

i'd go with the first one - window open.

Clive  +  198748 Sun, 19 Feb 06 09:52 PM

Hi,

I have a doubt with the sentence "I left my windows open/opened"
I think the correct one is the one with "open" but I'm not sure if the second one is also possible.

They both seem fine to me. 'Open' is much more common, of course. 'Opened' stresses more that the act of opening has been performed.

Best wishes, Clive

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milky  +  198916 Mon, 20 Feb 06 10:26 AM

 Anonymous wrote:
Hi,
I have a doubt with the sentence "I left my windows open/opened"
I think the correct one is the one with "open" but I'm not sure if the second one is also possible.
Thank you.

Clive's right, the second one suggests more.

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