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Penicillin Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
I have a question
Currently, I am learning English, so I have a question:
I want to join Past Simple with Past Simple Passive in one sentence.
Which one is correct?
- I saw a man killed.
- I saw a man is killed.
Thank you for assistance.
I want to join Past Simple with Past Simple Passive in one sentence.
Which one is correct?
- I saw a man killed.
- I saw a man is killed.
Thank you for assistance.
Top answer
The first sentence is correct. The second one is wrong. However, this is not really a combination of two tenses.
- The first sentence is correct.
- The second one is wrong.
- However, this is not really a combination of two tenses.
- The word "killed" is just a past participle without the auxiliary required to make it a true passive.
- The use of "is" or "was" as shown in your second sentence would be wrong in this context.
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The first sentence is correct. The second one is wrong.
However, this is not really a combination of two tenses. The word "killed" is just a past participle without the auxiliary required to make it a true passive. The use of "is" or "was" as shown in your second sentence would be wrong in this context.
To combine two true tenses you could try: "I saw the man as he was car
However, this is not really a combination of two tenses. The word "killed" is just a past participle without the auxiliary required to make it a true passive. The use of "is" or "was" as shown in your second sentence would be wrong in this context.
To combine two true tenses you could try: "I saw the man as he was car
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