Q. What happened to the pot?
A. 1. The pot broke.
2. The pot was broken.
According to the question, Which answer is correct or acceptable?
They are both correct and acceptable. There are countless more possible answers.
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They are both correct and acceptable.
There are countless more possible answers.
anonymousWhich answer is correct or acceptable?
Both are grammatical and acceptable.
#1 seems to suggest what happened to the pot, and #2 seems to be more on the side of the condition of the pot at the time we referring to, wherein it is possible that the pot was damaged even before the time we are referring to. The explanation of # 2 here is based on