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Mateja Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

are these sentences correct'

0The ideas 01b00were gone down02b00 at the meeting.02br
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00She 01b00was gone down02b00 the stairs.02br
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00The company 01b00was gone under02b00 because they got into too much debt.02br
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00The tree 01b00was gone under02b00 by many people, because of the heat.02br
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00Her Spanish 01b00was picken up02b00 while she was travelling Latin America.02br
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00The flowers 01b00were picken up02b00 by a girl.02br
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00Thank you050010id1
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Mateja12cite 10The ideas 11b 10were gone down12b 10 at the meeting. 12font 12br 12br 10She 11b 10was gone down12b 10 the stairs. 12font 12br 12br 10The company 11b 11font 10has 12font 10gone under12b 10 because they got into too much debt.

  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Mateja12cite 10The ideas 11b 10were gone down12b 10 at the meeting.
  • 12font 12br 12br 10She 11b 10was gone down12b 10 the stairs.
  • 12font 12br 12br 10The company 11b 11font 10has 12font 10gone under12b 10 because they got into too much debt.
  • 11font 10or 11i 10went under12i 12font 12br 12br 10The tree 11b 10was gone under12b 10 by many people, because of the heat.
  • 11font 10No.
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01cite10Mateja12cite10The ideas 11b10were gone down12b10 at the meeting. 11font10No, I'm sorry, I can't even guess what you meant.12font12br
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10She 11b10was gone down12b10 the stairs. 11font10No, ei
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0 The right one is number 2 I guess. 0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite11blockquote
11cite20Mateja22cite20The flowers 21b20were picken 21del20up22del22b20 by a girl. The flowers were 21b20picked22b20 by a girl.22br
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20Thank you25022br
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0thank you for your answers...so I used these sentences completely wrong then.I would like to ask you now to form some sentences for me,please. I will explain what I mean exactly. 02br
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00We said at our lectures that 01b00passive02b00 can be used with 01b00prepositional verbs 02b00only when they have idiomatic or metaphorical
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01cite10Mateja12cite12br
10thank you for your answers...so I used these sentences completely wrong then.I would like to ask you now to form some sentences for me,please. I will explain what I mean exactly. 12br
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10We said at our lectures that 11b10passive12b10 can be used with 11b
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite11blockquote
11cite20Grammar Geek22cite21blockquote
21cite30Mateja32cite32br
30The flowers 31b30were picken 31del30up32del32b30 by a girl. The flowers were 31b30picked3
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0The error was crossed out by the editor.02br
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00And now that I think about it, "picked up" is okay in the sense of "she went to the store to get them."02br
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00What happened to the bride's flowers? The flowers were picked up by the bridesmaid.0-
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0thank you050010id1
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0 01blockquote
01cite10Grammar Geek12cite11blockquote
11cite20Yoong Liat22cite21blockquote
21cite30Grammar Geek32cite31blockquote
31cite40Mateja42cite40The flowers 41b40were picken 41del40up42del42
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0Ah! I never even saw that - I was focused on the prepositions! Yes, of course, it should be picked, and not picken, but I assume that was a typo.02br
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00Thanks!0-

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