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Rotter Posted 18 years ago
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The quake in China
0 1.Several thousand people were killed by the earthquake in China. 02 br
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01 b 01 font 00 2.Several thousand people had been killed by the earthquake in China. 02 font 02 b 02 br
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00 I know the first sentence is fine. It is a passive sentence. 01 font 00 02 font 02 br
01 font 01 b 00 It is not correct to say 'has been killed' because the quake took place almost 2 weeks ago. The present perfect is not suitable for a past incident 02 br
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01 b 01 font 00 2.Several thousand people had been killed by the earthquake in China. 02 font 02 b 02 br
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00 I know the first sentence is fine. It is a passive sentence. 01 font 00 02 font 02 br
01 font 01 b 00 It is not correct to say 'has been killed' because the quake took place almost 2 weeks ago. The present perfect is not suitable for a past incident 02 br
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00 Is the second sentence fine? 0-
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Several thousand people 01 b 00 had been killed 02 b 00 by the earthquake in China, 01 b 00 before 02 b 00 help 01 b 00 arrived 02 b 00 in the affected regions. 02 i 02 br 02 br 01 b 01 font 00 02 font 02 b 0-
- Several thousand people 01 b 00 had been killed 02 b 00 by the earthquake in China, 01 b 00 before 02 b 00 help 01 b 00 arrived 02 b 00 in the affected regions.
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0 2 is waiting for 01 b 00 another event 02 b 00 in 01 b 00 simple past, 02 b 00 such as: 02 br
01 i 00 2.Several thousand people 01 b 00 had been killed 02 b 00 by the earthquake in China, 01 b 00 before 02 b 00 help 01 b 00 arrived 02 b 00 in the affected regions. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 2.Several thousand people 01 b 00 had been killed 02 b 00 by the earthquake in China, 01 b 00 before 02 b 00 help 01 b 00 arrived 02 b 00 in the affected regions. 02 i 02 br
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0 I think the first sentence is correct. Your sentence below doesn't mention what took place before the loss of lives. 02 br
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01 b 01 font 00 Several thousand people had been killed by the earthquake in China. 02 font 02 b 02 br
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01 b 00 I think this sentence is better: After the earthquake had struck Chin
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01 b 01 font 00 Several thousand people had been killed by the earthquake in China. 02 font 02 b 02 br
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01 b 00 I think this sentence is better: After the earthquake had struck Chin
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1 i 00 .Several thousand people 01 b 00 had been killed 02 b 00 by the earthquake in China, 01 b 00 before 02 b 00 help 01 b 00 arrived 02 b 00 in the affected regions. 02 i 02 br
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01 font 00 Marius, the above is a past perfect sentence. There are 2 clear events and you are pushing one be
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01 font 00 Marius, the above is a past perfect sentence. There are 2 clear events and you are pushing one be
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0 Of course the first sentence is correct, but my point was to the incomplete 2nd sentence. 02 br
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00 Why do you CUT my sentence? This is 01 b 00 NOT 02 b 00 my sentence: 02 br
01 b 01 font 00 Several thousand people had been killed by the earthquake in China. 02 br
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00 Why do you CUT my sentence? This is 01 b 00 NOT 02 b 00 my sentence: 02 br
01 b 01 font 00 Several thousand people had been killed by the earthquake in China. 02 br
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0 Marius wrote the following. 02 br
01 font 00 And I am out of here. You do what you want. You seem to know better, why ask? 02 font 02 br
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01 b 01 font 00 I don't know what Marius means here. I don't know these things. That is why I posted here. 02 font 02 b 0-
01 font 00 And I am out of here. You do what you want. You seem to know better, why ask? 02 font 02 br
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01 b 01 font 00 I don't know what Marius means here. I don't know these things. That is why I posted here. 02 font 02 b 0-
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