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Tsayper Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Refer to some recurring, continuous process in the past

"Villages would be moved to new locations as soil was getting less fertile." - is it a proper sentence?
  

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" - is it a proper sentence? It sounds all right to me (as shown). CJ

  • " - is it a proper sentence?
  • It sounds all right to me (as shown).
  • CJ
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Tsayper"Villages would be moved to new locations as the soil was getting less fertile." - is it a proper sentence?
It sounds all right to me (as shown).
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Village would be move to new location as soil were getting less fertile
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Banik Biswajit Village would be move to new location as soil were getting less fertile
No. This is not correct. Note the correct form above.

CJ
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ok , please explain this sentence . i do'nt understand ,
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Banik Biswajitok , please explain this sentence . i do'nt understand ,
The soil was not good anymore. Nothing would grow well there, so somebody (probably government officials) moved the people to a new place where the soil was better.

CJ
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thanks!
actually people moved themselves (see slash-and-burn agriculture)
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Tsayperactually people moved themselves
Then you need Villages would move, not Villages would be moved.

CJ

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