Last week I went to the sauna

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Are those sentences grammatically correct? '' Last week I went to the sauna. Before that I had called the reception and asked what time the sauna will be open. I was told that the sauna would be open from 9 am''
 
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Are [STRIKE]those[/STRIKE] the following/these sentences grammatically correct?

''Last week, I went to the sauna. Before that, I had called [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] reception and asked what time the sauna [STRIKE]will be[/STRIKE] opens. I was told that [STRIKE]the sauna[/STRIKE] it would be open from 9 am."

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Thank you for your answer. I have one more question. Shall I say : What time the sauna would be open or opened?

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Shall I say : What time the sauna would be open or opened?

No, those are both wrong.

The simplest way to ask your question is like this:

What time does the sauna open?
 

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No, those are both wrong.

The simplest way to ask your question is like this:

What time does the sauna open?


Hi,

I haven't included the entire sentence.
I wanted to say: I asked what time the sauna would be open. What in that case? Should I say open or opened?
That question has been changed into indirect speech.
 

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In that case, use "open".
 

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Thank you for you answer.
Would it be a mistake if I used 'opened' instead of 'open' in that case?

I wonder if the passive voice should not be used in there?
 

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You don't need the passive voice there. The verb open is an ergative verb. That means that the sauna can be the thing that does the opening (as in 1 below) as well as the thing that somebody does the opening to.

1) I asked what time the sauna would open.
2) I asked what time the sauna would be open.

In 1, open is a verb. In sentence 2, open is an adjective, describing the status of the sauna.
 
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