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Tuan Chau Posted 11 years ago
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May I use: "The couple have been broken up"?
I wrote an example about addicted to facebook:
"To be more specific, my close friend in HCM city, every time he and his girlfriend have coffee, he always looks at his smartphone and surfs Facebook. He usually misses their conversation, and, as a result, they have been broken up."
I'm confusing with the tenses in the sentences: "he usually misses their conversation" and "they have been broken up" or "they broke up". Which should I use?
My idea is that: those two guys said goodbye already (once only) because the man was addicted to facebook.
One more question, should I use ex-girlfriend instead of girlfriend?
Thank you
"To be more specific, my close friend in HCM city, every time he and his girlfriend have coffee, he always looks at his smartphone and surfs Facebook. He usually misses their conversation, and, as a result, they have been broken up."
I'm confusing with the tenses in the sentences: "he usually misses their conversation" and "they have been broken up" or "they broke up". Which should I use?
My idea is that: those two guys said goodbye already (once only) because the man was addicted to facebook.
One more question, should I use ex-girlfriend instead of girlfriend?
Thank you
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To be more specific, every time my close friend in HCM City and his girlfriend had coffee, he was always preoccupied with his smartphone and F acebook. He usually ignored their conversation, and as a result, they broke / have broken up .
- To be more specific, every time my close friend in HCM City and his girlfriend had coffee, he was always preoccupied with his smartphone and F acebook.
- He usually ignored their conversation, and as a result, they broke / have broken up .
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To be more specific, every time my close friend in HCM City and his girlfriend had coffee, he was always preoccupied with his smartphone and Facebook. He usually ignored their conversation, and as a result, they broke / have broken up.
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Tuan ChauHe usually misses their conversation, and, as a result, they have been broken up.For some strange reason, although I do know it's incorrect to say they have been broken up, I don't know why.
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