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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

english Grammer

Is there any difference between the meaning of these two sentences? Do they have the same meaning?

1) The building burned down.

2) The building got burned down.

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1) statement of action. 2) implies that someone started the fire (better with was got ); caught on fire because of some other action

— Philip

  • 1) statement of action.
  • 2) implies that someone started the fire (better with was got ); caught on fire because of some other action
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1) statement of action.
2) implies that someone started the fire (better with was got); caught on fire because of some other action
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