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Kunsusuki Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
is it correct?
1- In addition, the political ethenic and linguistics border of modern Europe (came into being) during the Middle Ages.
2-why did towns (develop) during the Medieval period?
"came into being" in the first sentence is it correct ? i mean its grammatical function ? and for the second sentence why didn't we used the past?
2-why did towns (develop) during the Medieval period?
"came into being" in the first sentence is it correct ? i mean its grammatical function ? and for the second sentence why didn't we used the past?
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1. In addition, the political , ethnic and linguistic borders of modern Europe came into being during the Middle Ages. "to come into being" is a fixed expression meaning to be born, or to start to exist.
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- In addition, the political , ethnic and linguistic borders of modern Europe came into being during the Middle Ages.
- "to come into being" is a fixed expression meaning to be born, or to start to exist.
- "being" is a noun there, meaning "existence".
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1. In addition, the political, ethnic and linguistic borders of modern Europe came into being during the Middle Ages.
"to come into being" is a fixed expression meaning to be born, or to start to exist. "being" is a noun there, meaning "existence".
2. The past tense is indicated with the auxiliary "did". With this auxiliary we use the verb infinitive,
"to come into being" is a fixed expression meaning to be born, or to start to exist. "being" is a noun there, meaning "existence".
2. The past tense is indicated with the auxiliary "did". With this auxiliary we use the verb infinitive,
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Thank you. And concerning the brackets i didn't know that there is an available tool here to highlight. 
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