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Guava red 286 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Is seen

Could I say ?


Fish is seen as dimond

Or

Fish is saw as dimond


And why

  

Top answer

"is saw" is impossible. "is" is an auxiliary verb. "saw" is a past tense.

  • "is saw" is impossible.
  • "is" is an auxiliary verb.
  • "saw" is a past tense.
  • You cannot connect an auxiliary verb to a past tense.
  • "is seen" is fine, but your sentence is strange.
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"is saw" is impossible. "is" is an auxiliary verb. "saw" is a past tense.

You cannot connect an auxiliary verb to a past tense.

"is seen" is fine, but your sentence is strange. First of all, there is no word 'dimond' in English. I think you meant "diamond". Second, the sentence is not idiomatic and thus difficult to understand.

I think you may be trying to say this:

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