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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Past participle
Which of these sentences is correct:
1-There were five computers repaired here this morning. There were also three new ones brought in. One of the computers repaired belonged to me.
2-There were five computers repaired here this morning. There were also three new ones brought in. One of the repaired computers belonged to me.
1-There were five computers repaired here this morning. There were also three new ones brought in. One of the computers repaired belonged to me.
2-There were five computers repaired here this morning. There were also three new ones brought in. One of the repaired computers belonged to me.
Top answer
The second one is correct.
- The second one is correct.
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A valuable resource on the topic : http://cslipublications.stanford.edu/LFG/10/lfg05kibort.pdf [:)]
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CliveHi,I second that. Grammatically both are correct. Both cases "repaired" was used passively as a (past) participle adjective. #2 is more common.
Both seem acceptable to me.
Clive
There are many examples like these:
I like my steak cooked medium rare.
Ham
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The initial question was to choose between the particular TWO cases. Why generalize a specific question?
PS. No other Brit around?
PS. No other Brit around?
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