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Yahyacan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

a passive question

1b00The villagers ---- from their houses and ---- to the forest to be killed.02br
02b01font01b00a)were taken/were brought02br
00b)were taken/brought02b02font02br
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01font01b00* 00Are both of these answers true or is there only one correct answer? Please clarify your reason.02b02font01font02font01font01b02br
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12blockquote 10 I don't know anything about those villagers and what happened to them, so I can't tell you whether the sentence is true. If the villagers really were taken from their houses, and so on, then it's true. 02br 02br 00I think you're asking if the sentences are right or correct (in terms of grammar) 05002br 00The answer is that both are correct, but since you have the auxiliary 01i 00were02i 00 in the first clause, you don't need to repeat it in the second clause.

— CalifJim

  • 12blockquote 10 I don't know anything about those villagers and what happened to them, so I can't tell you whether the sentence is true.
  • If the villagers really were taken from their houses, and so on, then it's true.
  • 02br 02br 00I think you're asking if the sentences are right or correct (in terms of grammar) 05002br 00The answer is that both are correct, but since you have the auxiliary 01i 00were02i 00 in the first clause, you don't need to repeat it in the second clause.
  • The second version ( b ) of the sentence is better.
  • It's like saying 01i 00I have seen and heard it02i 00.
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01cite10Yahyacan12cite10Are both of these answers true or is there only one correct answer?12blockquote
10 I don't know anything about those villagers and what happened to them, so I can't tell you whether the sentence is true. If the villagers really were taken from their houses, and so on, then it's true. That
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