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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

spoiled

0The curry was 'good' when I left this morning. Now it [has spoiled/spoiled]02br
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00Which choice is better? Also, what's the opposite of spoiled, good?02br
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00Thanks!0-
  

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02i 02br 02br 00Since "now" is present, it's hard to use "spoiled" in the past. e. "02i 0-

  • 02i 02br 02br 00Since "now" is present, it's hard to use "spoiled" in the past.
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0Now it has spoiled.02br
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00You may also use it as an adjective: 01i00Now it 01u00is02u00 spoiled.02i02br
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00Since "now" is present, it's hard to use "spoiled" in the past. You could say,01i00 "Now it looks like it spoiled."02i00 i.e. now in the present it looks like it spoiled in t
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0I'm so sorry. I missed a "is". It's my bad and I had no intention to use the past tense with now.02br
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00So you're fine with the first sentence as it is - the way "good" is used, right?0-
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0Yes, the first sentence is fine. And it works equally well with the verb "has spoiled" and the adjective "is spoiled." (good is fine) [not redundant]0-

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