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Author neologix
Recipients Arfrever, amaury.forgeotdarc, benjamin.peterson, eric.araujo, nadeem.vawda, ned.deily, neologix, pitrou, python-dev, rosslagerwall, terry.reedy, vstinner
Date 2011-10-31.19:35:32
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Message-id 1320089733.67.0.728383740919.issue12797@psf.upfronthosting.co.za
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> Is "an open file descriptor" correct in English? I'd have written "an > opened file descriptor" instead (in 5 places). "open" is correct. For example, you say "the store is open", not "the store is opened": "open" is an adjective, whereas "opened" is the past participe. See http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/15771-open-opened-welcome-welcomed.html
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