The door is open / opened.

Marika33

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Is the past participle (the third form) of the verb "to open" "open" or "opened"?

In other words, which version of each sentence should I say (with "open" or "opened")?
  1. The door has open / opened. (if it opened on its own).
  2. The door has been open / opened. (if somebody did this).
  3. The door is open / opened. (the current state of the door)
Why?

Let's do the same with the verb "to close" just to compare.
  1. The door has close / closed. (if it closed on its own).
  2. The door has been close / closed. (if somebody did this).
  3. The door is close / closed. (the current state of the door)
 
Is the past participle (the third form) of the verb "to open" "open" or "opened"?
Opened.
  1. The door has open / opened. (if it opened on its own).
  2. The door has been open / opened. (if somebody did this).
  3. The door is open / opened. (the current state of the door)

  1. The door has close / closed. (if it closed on its own).
  2. The door has been close/ closed. (if somebody did this).
  3. The door is close / closed. (the current state of the door)
 
That's what I thought. Thanks!

May I ask you, why is it that to talk about the current state of a door,
we say, "The door is open (not opened)", but "The door is closed (not close)"?

"It makes no sense, I agree. It's just the way we have always spoken", right?
 
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May I ask you, why is it that to talk about the current state of a door,
we say, "The door is open (not opened)", but "The door is closed (not close)"?
adjective - open; third form - opened;
adjective - closed; third form - closed.
 
adjective - open; third form - opened;
adjective - closed; third form - closed.
Yeah, I got this already. I was just asking why.
 
Is the past participle (the third form) of the verb "to open", "open" or "opened"?

In other words, which version of each sentence should I say use (with "open" or "opened")?
  1. The door has open/opened. (if it opened on its own)
  2. The door has been/open / opened. (if somebody did this)
  3. The door is open/opened. (the current state of the door)
Why?

Let's do the same with the verb "to close" just to compare.
  1. The door has close/closed. (if it closed on its own)
  2. The door has been close/closed. (if somebody did this)
  3. The door is close/closed. (the current state of the door)
Note my corrections above. Don't put a space before or after a slash. Please don't type in anything smaller than the default font size (15). It makes the text almost impossible to read for those using a mobile phone.
 

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