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Article #448Re: Question about English
From: Lei Tanabe
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 00:00
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 00:00
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I wrote: >> Q3 >> η©Ίγ«γ―ζδΈγ€θ¦γγͺγγ£γγ >> Not a star was ( ? ) ( ? ) ( ? ) in the sky. >> >> A,Not a star was (could) (not) (seen) in the sky. > > Not a star could be seen in the sky. > Not a star was able to be seen in the sky. I tried hard to use the existent "was" there - unsuccessfully. It's the same thing with "the house is said ..." sentence. Grammatically OK, but clumsy and we don't say like that. Lei
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