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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

collapsed

Can I say,

The building collapsed / were collapsed in / on the earthquake.

The building had been collapsed after / because of the earthquake.

The buildings was collapsed / collapsed when the earthquake happened.
  

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Nice verb tenses! T he building collapsed in the earthquake. The building had collapsed after / because of the earthquake.

— Mister Micawber

  • Nice verb tenses!
  • T he building collapsed in the earthquake.
  • The building had collapsed after / because of the earthquake.
  • The buildings collapsed when the earthquake happened.
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Nice verb tenses!

The building collapsed in the earthquake.

The building had collapsed after / because of the earthquake.

The buildings collapsed when the earthquake happened.
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Can I say,

The building collapsed during the big earthquake.
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Can I say,

(a) All the buildings collapsed because it was (an) earthquake.
(b) The buildings collapsed when it happened earthquake.
(c) The buildings collapsed because that place had happened an earthquake.
(d) The buildings collapsed after the earthquake happened / had happened just now.
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You can only say this:

(d) The buildings collapsed after the earthquake happened.
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Mister MicawberThe buildings collapsed after the earthquake happened.
MM, should it be during the earthquake?
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Some do; some don't. In any case, it cannot read (X) "during the earthquake happened"
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