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Bassa Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Are these correct?

1) This is broken.

2) These vases were broken, but I repaired them.

3) There glasses are broken.

4) That glass was broken.

5)This cellphone has been broken for years.

6)These watches have been broken for so many days.

7) I'm emotionally broken.

"Borken" is the third tense of the vearb "break", right?

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They're all okay, except #6. It would work as an exclamatory sentence: These watches have been broken for so many days ! I haven't seen you for/in so many years !

  • They're all okay, except #6.
  • It would work as an exclamatory sentence: These watches have been broken for so many days !
  • I haven't seen you for/in so many years !
  • We sometimes use the expression when giving a sentence example for others to follow, or when the amount is unknown: The contract says I have only so many days to complete the work.
  • bassa "Borken" is the third tense of the vearb "break", right?
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They're all okay, except #6.

It would work as an exclamatory sentence: These watches have been broken for so many days! .

I haven't seen you for/in so many years! .

We sometimes use the expression when giving a sentence example for others to follow, or when the amount is unknown:

The contract says I have only so

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