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Tiểu Cầm Posted 13 years ago
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Q: There were____destroyed
A.Siberia's oldest forests
B.millions of trees
C.the Tunguska bridge
D.a million of trees
I think A and B are possible. But the correction is B. I don't understand. Please explain it to me. Thanks!
A.Siberia's oldest forests
B.millions of trees
C.the Tunguska bridge
D.a million of trees
I think A and B are possible. But the correction is B. I don't understand. Please explain it to me. Thanks!
Top answer
B is correct. " as a stand-alone sentence does not make sense.
- B is correct.
- " as a stand-alone sentence does not make sense.
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B is correct.
"There were Siberia's oldest forests destroyed." as a stand-alone sentence does not make sense.
"There were Siberia's oldest forests destroyed." as a stand-alone sentence does not make sense.
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Ti?u C?mI think A and B are possible.No. Only B. In an existential there construction (There were ...) you can't have a definite reference. "Siberia's oldest forests" are specific forests you can see in real world. That's a definite reference. In contrast "millions of trees" is indefinite. We have no idea which trees in the world are being
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