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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Found sth stolen
1. By the time I got back home, I found my computer had been stolen.
2. By the time I got back home, I found my computer stolen.
Could you tell me which one is the correct one?
The first sentence is a bit weird because "had been stolen" is not an adjective, whereas with "stolen" only in the second sentence, it cannot verbalize accurately as the first one. Therefore, is "that" missing in the first sentence?
Just as: By the time I got back home, I found (that) my computer had been stolen.
Thank you for your answers.
2. By the time I got back home, I found my computer stolen.
Could you tell me which one is the correct one?
The first sentence is a bit weird because "had been stolen" is not an adjective, whereas with "stolen" only in the second sentence, it cannot verbalize accurately as the first one. Therefore, is "that" missing in the first sentence?
Just as: By the time I got back home, I found (that) my computer had been stolen.
Thank you for your answers.
Top answer
Hi, 1. By the time I got back home, I found my computer had been stolen . 'That' is optional here.
- Hi, 1.
- By the time I got back home, I found my computer had been stolen .
- 'That' is optional here.
- 'Had been stolen' is Past Perfect tense, passive voice.
- The active voice form would be I found (that) someone had stolen my computer.
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Hi,
1. By the time I got back home, I found my computer had been stolen.
'That' is optional here.
'Had been stolen' is Past Perfect tense, passive voice.
The active voice form would be
I found (that) someone had stolen my computer.
2. By the time I got back home, I found my computer stolen. Yes, 'stolen' is be
1. By the time I got back home, I found my computer had been stolen.
'That' is optional here.
'Had been stolen' is Past Perfect tense, passive voice.
The active voice form would be
I found (that) someone had stolen my computer.
2. By the time I got back home, I found my computer stolen. Yes, 'stolen' is be
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