[BobK]

Originally Posted by ian2

"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.

I hate those station announcements that say 'services may be subject to delay', when what they mean is 'services are subject to delay, [and any particular train may be subjected to delay (i.e. delayed).]

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