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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
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Claudius married four times. The first was to his distant cousin Aemilia Lepida, but it was broken for political reasons. He divorced second wife, Aelia Paetina. After becoming empero he married again, when he fifty and she was about twenty.. She was flagrantly unfaithful and the marriage ended seven years later.
[Julio-Claudians: Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch20.htm]
I'd like to know if "was", as a common word, can be positioned in not former clause, but the latter clause, as in "when he fifty and she was about twenty."
Thank you in advance for your help.
[Julio-Claudians: Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch20.htm]
I'd like to know if "was", as a common word, can be positioned in not former clause, but the latter clause, as in "when he fifty and she was about twenty."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
" No. 'Was' must be in the first clause. It's optional in the second.
- " No.
- 'Was' must be in the first clause.
- It's optional in the second.
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park sang joonI'd like to know if "was", as a common word, can be positioned in not former clause, but the latter clause, as in "when he fifty and she was about twenty."No. 'Was' must be in the first clause. It's optional in the second.
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