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Bassa Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Are these sentences correct?

1) It was broken when I bought it.

2) This vase is broken.

3) It has been eaten by a mouse.

4) I like a eaten bread. (only for example)
  

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1, 2, and 3 are OK. 4 makes no sense. " Which is not something anyone likes, right?

  • 1, 2, and 3 are OK.
  • 4 makes no sense.
  • " Which is not something anyone likes, right?
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1, 2, and 3 are OK.

4 makes no sense.

Maybe you mean "I like to eat bread" or "I like how I feel after I've eaten bread," but your sentence sounds like you're saying "I like getting bread that someone else has already taken a few bites from." Which is not something anyone likes, right?
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bassaeaten bread
Eaten bread is already in someone else's stomach, so something's wrong with number 4. Otherwise, all are OK.

CJ
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maybe you mean "I like eating bread"? "Eating" and "eaten" sound similar.
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I actually could not come up with a sentence in number four that would match with my tense that I was wondering about, so I wrote the sentence and then I wrote (for example). I don't like to eat eaten bread.

thanks all
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I actually could not come up with a sentence in number four that would match with my tense that I was wondering about, so I wrote the sentence and then I wrote (for example). I don't like to eat eaten bread.

thanks all
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bassaI don't like to eat eaten bread.
It's grammatical.
Most people would understand this to mean a slice or a loaf which someone has been "munching on."

But technically, something which is eaten has been totally consumed.

(In some cultures, mothers "pre-chew" food for their infants.)

Of course we have habitual beh

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