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Originally Posted by sukide  Hi
May I know what are the differences for
"is not subject to"
"is not subjected to"
"was not subjected to"
and when should each case to be used?
I have this question when I saw a sentence "... is not subjected to..."
I always think that the verb after "not" is always in its basic form.
After a search in this forum, I learned that "not" do not determine the tense of the verb.
A quick look in the dictionary, one of the explanation is written as "... is subject to..."
So I am confused. When should I put a -ed to the verb(subject)? Is "... is not subjected to..." equivalent to the past tense? Then how about "... was not subjected to... "
Thanks a million |
"Subject to" means depending on something else, in which "subject" is an adjective. In "Subjected to" , "subjected" is a past participle and is from the verb "subject", which implies being forced to experience something. For example, products are subjected to all kinds of testing. (Maybe the laws subject the products to testing, so the products are subjected to testing.)
Subject to is different. For example, The agreement should be carried out, subject to the approval of the government, in which "subject to" means depending on. Hope this helps.