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Seagull Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence natural

The year when I was born is a year before the Vietnam War.

What do you think about this sentence? Is it natural? If not, is it still acceptable?
  

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The year when I was born was the year before the Vietnam War began .

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  • The year when I was born was the year before the Vietnam War began .
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The year when I was born was the year before the Vietnam War began.
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seagull The year when I was born is a year before the Vietnam War. What do you think about this sentence? Is it natural? If not, is it still acceptable?
It's acceptable without being completely natural. I'd say

I was born a year before the Vietnam War started/began.

CJ
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Thank you very much indeed, AlpheccaStars.
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