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Vpie Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
About is /was pp
Hi ! I have some questions.
1. If you heard this sentence "Lunch box was packed yesterday " it means status or activity? ? Could you tell me how to tell them ?
2. Lunch box is packed now (it implies status?)
Lunch box is packed (it implies activity? I hear that using present verb implies usually, often, regular)
3. If I want to sorry for someone using "I was sorry for the incidence " (is it rude?? So using only I'm sorry?)
Thank you so much.
1. If you heard this sentence "Lunch box was packed yesterday " it means status or activity? ? Could you tell me how to tell them ?
2. Lunch box is packed now (it implies status?)
Lunch box is packed (it implies activity? I hear that using present verb implies usually, often, regular)
3. If I want to sorry for someone using "I was sorry for the incidence " (is it rude?? So using only I'm sorry?)
Thank you so much.
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1/2. "lunch box" needs an article or other determiner. For example, "the lunch box", or "my lunch box".
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- "lunch box" needs an article or other determiner.
- For example, "the lunch box", or "my lunch box".
- "packed" in "is/was packed" can be interpreted in two ways, either as a passive verb or as an adjective (describing the state of the lunch box).
- In "The Lunch box was packed yesterday", it would normally be interpreted as a passive verb.
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1/2. "lunch box" needs an article or other determiner. For example, "the lunch box", or "my lunch box".
"packed" in "is/was packed" can be interpreted in two ways, either as a passive verb or as an adjective (describing the state of the lunch box).
In "The Lunch box was packed yesterday", it would normally be interpreted as a passive verb.
In "The Lunch box is packed", i
"packed" in "is/was packed" can be interpreted in two ways, either as a passive verb or as an adjective (describing the state of the lunch box).
In "The Lunch box was packed yesterday", it would normally be interpreted as a passive verb.
In "The Lunch box is packed", i
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