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AbdullahRaffah Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Grammar issue
which is correct :
where the real hip hop was started ?
or
where the real hip hop is started ?
and why ?
where the real hip hop was started ?
or
where the real hip hop is started ?
and why ?
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Hi, AbdullahRaffah. Welcome to the Forum. W hich is correct: where the real hip hop was starte d?
- Hi, AbdullahRaffah.
- Welcome to the Forum.
- W hich is correct: where the real hip hop was starte d?
- or where the real hip hop is starte d?
- When you speak of something in the past you normally use was .
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Hi, AbdullahRaffah. Welcome to the Forum.
Which is correct: where the real hip hop was started?
or
where the real hip hop is started?
When you speak of something in the past you normally use was.
Is
Which is correct: where the real hip hop was started?
or
where the real hip hop is started?
When you speak of something in the past you normally use was.
Is
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AbdullahRaffah which is correct :where the real hip hop was started ?orwhere the real hip hop is started ?and why ?You need this. Note the inversion of subject and verb, which signals that this is a question.
Where was the real hip-hop started?
CJ
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CalifJimYou need this. Note the inversion of subject and verb, which signals that this is a question.Where was the real hip-hop started?I interpreted it to mean (New York, the place) where hip-hop started.
If it was intended as a question, you should use CalifJim's version.
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OK. 
I guess I missed the New York part and paid too much attention to the question mark.
I guess I missed the New York part and paid too much attention to the question mark.
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CalifJimOK. I guess I missed the New York part and paid too much attention to the question mark. CJYou might have it right. I treated it as Which is correct? It didn't occur to me to interpret the sentences themselves as questions.
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