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Ellisa Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

cried.. crying..

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00I've got three senteces here,02br
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00confused which one is grammatically correct.02br
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001. Why I was crying is a mystery.02br
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002. Why I cried is a mystery.02br
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003. Why I was cried is a mystery.0-
  

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1i 00I was cried02i 00 is a passive construction. Such constructions are impossible for an intransitive verb like 01i 00cry02i 00, so your third example is not correct. (You can throw something.

— CalifJim

  • 1i 00I was cried02i 00 is a passive construction.
  • Such constructions are impossible for an intransitive verb like 01i 00cry02i 00, so your third example is not correct.
  • (You can throw something.
  • 01i 00throw02i 00 is a transitive verb.
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1i00I was cried02i00 is a passive construction. Such constructions are impossible for an intransitive verb like 01i00cry02i00, so your third example is not correct. (You can throw something. 01i00throw02i00 is a transitive verb. But you can't cry something.) The first two are fine.02br
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