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Kumenglish Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Shocked

I am shocked to see the water tank overflown so I switched off the motor right away.

Please check the sentence.

Is "shocked" appropriate in the context?

  

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kumenglish I am shocked to see the water tank overflown so I switched off the motor right away. Your tenses are mixed up. g.

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  • kumenglish I am shocked to see the water tank overflown so I switched off the motor right away.
  • Your tenses are mixed up.
  • g.
  • an aircraft or bird might do, not a water tank.
  • The word you want is "overflowed".
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kumenglishI am shocked to see the water tank overflown so I switched off the motor right away.

Your tenses are mixed up. Also, "(over)flown" derives from "(over)fly", which is what e.g. an aircraft or bird might do, not a water tank. The word you want is "overflowed". These are possible:

I was shocked to see that the water tank had overflowed, so I

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