Oxygen Hybridization in Ether

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So regular ether it is Sp3 with 2 bonding and 2 lone pair
In Furan it is Sp2 because of resonance.
What about in vinyl ether? Sp3 with a hint of Sp2 characteristic from resonance?
 
So regular ether it is Sp3 with 2 bonding and 2 lone pair
In Furan it is Sp2 because of resonance.
What about in vinyl ether? Sp3 with a hint of Sp2 characteristic from resonance?

Are you taking about the hybridization of the oxygen in vinyl ether?
if so, resonance makes it sp2, one of its lone pairs is located in a p orbital and the other is located in an sp2