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who are opposed to the war vs who opposed to the war

The correct phrase is "who are opposed to the war." The verb "opposed" should be in the past participle form "opposed" when used with the auxiliary verb "are." This construction is commonly used in English to describe people who are against something.

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who are opposed to the war

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to describe people who are against the war. It follows the structure of 'who + are + opposed + to + the war.'
  • TONY BENN: The one thing thatis so clear is that a majority of the British people are opposed to a war.
  • You're not opposed to the war, you'd forgotten there was a war on.
  • The countries which were opposed to the war are already getting into position to gather up any crumbs that fall and to be involved in reconstruction.
  • Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, like the vast majority of Polish people, I was and am opposed to the war in Iraq.
  • Being opposed to the war is not the same as being friends with Saddam Hussein; or with Mr Le Pen for that matter; or, indeed, with President Chirac.
  • It is disconcerted and overwhelmingly opposed to this war.
  • At the European Council, ministers from countries taking part in the aggression against Iraq and those from countries claiming to be opposed to the war came together to produce a single declaration, as if nothing had happened.
  • I was among those who were opposed to the war, but I cannot refrain from expressing deep satisfaction at the fact that a people that has lived under oppression for so long is now being given the opportunity to build its own future.
  • Opinion in all the Member States and in the candidate countries is between 80% and 90% opposed to war.
  • Proinsias DE ROSSA (PES, Dublin) stated that he had always opposed the war, and now he opposed the direction the US was taking post-conflict.
  • He wondered why those that opposed war now did not oppose military action in Kosovo, as no UN authority was given at that time.
  • Of course, all the candidate countries - and we visited them together - have Eurosceptic political parties, populists and critics who are opposed to enlargement.
  • Are there 12 members of Parliament who are opposed to this oral amendment?
  • There is still a rearguard of men who are opposed to this.
  • Those who are opposed to this view have already, unwittingly, entered the realms of barbarism.
  • Despite this, there are also people - including some in my group - who are opposed to the open method of coordination.
  • Those who are opposed to better regulation and tighter controls have become vociferous mouthpieces for the most brutal part of the transport sector.
  • Those who are opposed to these developments must counter them by doing more to bring them to light.
  • Mr President, for those of us who are opposed to the whole idea of political union, the matter is quite straightforward.
  • There are those who are opposed to Turkey's accession, and I have great respect for these people.

who opposed to the war

This phrase is incorrect in English. The verb 'opposed' should be in the past participle form 'opposed' when used with the auxiliary verb 'are.'

  • I was among those who were opposed to the war, but I cannot refrain from expressing deep satisfaction at the fact that a people that has lived under oppression for so long is now being given the opportunity to build its own future.
  • You're not opposed to the war, you'd forgotten there was a war on.
  • The countries which were opposed to the war are already getting into position to gather up any crumbs that fall and to be involved in reconstruction.
  • Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, like the vast majority of Polish people, I was and am opposed to the war in Iraq.
  • Isn't he the only one who opposed the war?
  • Being opposed to the war is not the same as being friends with Saddam Hussein; or with Mr Le Pen for that matter; or, indeed, with President Chirac.
  • It is disconcerted and overwhelmingly opposed to this war.
  • At the European Council, ministers from countries taking part in the aggression against Iraq and those from countries claiming to be opposed to the war came together to produce a single declaration, as if nothing had happened.
  • Opinion in all the Member States and in the candidate countries is between 80% and 90% opposed to war.
  • TONY BENN: The one thing thatis so clear is that a majority of the British people are opposed to a war.
  • Proinsias DE ROSSA (PES, Dublin) stated that he had always opposed the war, and now he opposed the direction the US was taking post-conflict.
  • He wondered why those that opposed war now did not oppose military action in Kosovo, as no UN authority was given at that time.
  • Proinsias DE ROSSA (PES, Dublin) stated that he had always opposed the war, and now he opposed the direction the US was taking post-conflict.
  • And because he opposed anything which strengthened the state against the individual, he opposed war.
  • I can guarantee that many millions of European citizens who opposed this illegal war, which did not have the support of United Nations, do not understand why the European Union has to provide anything other than humanitarian aid in Iraq.
  • But at a time when 90% of America opposed war and half the country was to some degree anti-Semitic this admittedly preachy film was undeniably courageous.
  • I say this as a representative of a country in which the overwhelming majority of citizens were opposed to the Iraq war, but are simultaneously in favour of close ties between Europe and the USA.
  • That you opposed the Iraq war.
  • Mr President, an overwhelming majority of the European public is opposed to a war in Iraq, and there is at present no occasion for such a war, other than the desire to seize Iraq's oil reserves.
  • Kane urged his country's entry into one war opposed participation in another.

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