breaking vs broken

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0 The Iwate government office said it had received reports that eight children and a teacher were injured by breaking windows at a preschool and that the earthquake produced landslides in some areas.02br02br01a05000 02a02br02br00Can I replace breaking with broken windows?02br02br00Thanks in advance. 0230hrefhttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/14/japan.earthquake/index.html

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

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01cite10New2grammar12cite10Can I replace breaking with broken windows?12blockquote

10It probably doesn't make sense in the context of an earthquake, no.02br
00They were injured because windows were breaking during the earthquake, not injured by windows which were already in the state of being broken because of some previous event.02br
00CJ 0-

New2grammar · Answer

0 Thanks, CJ. 0-

Marius Hancu · Answer

0 I agree with CJ. 02br
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00> injured by breaking windows [injured 01b00while the windows were breaking, by windows in the process of breaking02b00, and as a result of this process; only this works0-

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