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Vincent Teo Posted 15 years ago
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Flood / flooded
Can I say,
(a) There were many houses flooded.
(b) The village flooded / was flooded. They took villagers to a dafe / safer place.
(c) Two weeks later, they returned home. They had no no any dangerous.
(a) There were many houses flooded.
(b) The village flooded / was flooded. They took villagers to a dafe / safer place.
(c) Two weeks later, they returned home. They had no no any dangerous.
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Vincent Teo Can I say, (a) There were many houses flooded. (b) The village flooded / was flooded. They took villagers to a dafe / safer place.
- Vincent Teo Can I say, (a) There were many houses flooded.
- (b) The village flooded / was flooded.
- They took villagers to a dafe / safer place.
- (c) Two weeks later, they returned home.
- They had no no any dangerous.
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(a) Many houses flooded (during the heavy rain).Vincent TeoCan I say,
(a) There were many houses flooded.
(b) The village flooded / was flooded. They took villagers to a dafe / safer place.
(c) Two weeks later, they returned home. They had no no any dangerous.
(b) The village flooded. They took
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I'm confusing, we can say:
The houses were flooded. (but why don't we say: The village was flooded?)
The houses were flooded. (but why don't we say: The village was flooded?)
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I'm confused, The village was flooded?-- This is OK for me.
In fact, these seem fine:
(a) There were many flooded houses. / Many houses (were) flooded.
(b) The village flooded / was flooded. They took the villagers to a safe / safer place.
(c) Two weeks later, they returned home. There was no longer any
In fact, these seem fine:
(a) There were many flooded houses. / Many houses (were) flooded.
(b) The village flooded / was flooded. They took the villagers to a safe / safer place.
(c) Two weeks later, they returned home. There was no longer any
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