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Vincent Teo Posted 15 years ago
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Can I say,

There was a landslide happened last week. Luckily, John had gone to relatives' house. But now, she was homeless and did not have any money to build a new house.
  

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Vincent Teo Can I say, There was a landslide happened last week. [N] You don't need both verbs, "was" and "happened". The easiest and best way to correct the sentence is to omit "happened".

  • Vincent Teo Can I say, There was a landslide happened last week.
  • [N] You don't need both verbs, "was" and "happened".
  • The easiest and best way to correct the sentence is to omit "happened".
  • ' Luckily, John had gone to his relatives' house.
  • [Y] now But now , he is homeless and does not have (any)(enough) money to build a new house.
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Vincent TeoCan I say,
There was a landslide happened last week. [N] You don't need both verbs, "was" and "happened". The easiest and best way to correct the sentence is to omit "happened".

The other choice is to say 'A landslide happened last week.'

Luckily, John had gone to

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