opposite or opposing?
Our house is OPPOSITE a supermarket and the road outside is really busy.

I have the OPPOSING view and think that advertisements for young children on TV should be banned.

What is the difference between OPPOSITE and OPPOSING?
Why can't I use OPPOSITE in the second sentence and OPPOSING in the first?

Question

opposite or opposing?
Our house is OPPOSITE a supermarket and the road outside is really busy.

I have the OPPOSING view and think that advertisements for young children on TV should be banned.

What is the difference between OPPOSITE and OPPOSING? 
Why can't I use OPPOSITE in the second sentence and OPPOSING in the first?

Answer

Opposite refers to location: they are on different sides of a street.

Opposing refers to allegiance: they are on different sides in an argument or a war.

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Here it is just use, you could say, 'I have the opposite view', conversely, 'the house and shop are on opposing sides of the road'. Technically the former is poor English as -ing denotes an action, however you will see it used often, so I suppose it is accepted.

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