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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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I my sentence correct? " my daughetr was bit by a dog
  

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Almost! Is my sentence correct? My daughter was bit by a dog.

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Almost!

Is my sentence correct?

My daughter was bit by a dog.
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it should be --- my daughter was bitten by a dog
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Nazatul Liyanait should be --- my daughter was bitten by a dog
Don't forget the capitalization and punctuation!

Most dictionaries list both "bit" and "bitten" as the past participle.

Regards, - A.

Edit. Well, my 1980 American Heritage usage note claims that of the two past participles, only "bitten" is now considered standa
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Better to say "My daughter was bitten by a dog".

You are using the passive voice, which is always formed with "be" + past participle.

This verb is irregular: Infintive: bite; past simple: bit; past participle: bitten.
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I'm assuming my dictionary's usage note allows the alternate past participal "bit"

in active voice uses of the past participle, such as the perfect tenses:

A dog has bit my daughter.

A dog had bit my daughter.

Yes, "
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Hi,

My Concise Oxford Dictionary just offers 'bitten' as the past participle.

I think of ''bit' as an Americanism.

Clive
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CliveI think of ''bit' as an Americanism.
Please don't! I was thinking of it as a Britishism!
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CliveMy Concise Oxford Dictionary just offers 'bitten' as the past participle.
So do my two British dictionaries, Collins Concise Dictionary and Cambridge Learner's Dictionary.

CB
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