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#2 (permalink) Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:50 am The country had been started to be saved from the enemies |
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Resistance to the advancing enemy had been building, and had proven successful. Their city was being reclaimed. _________________ Keep it simple ... Keep it interesting. |
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#3 (permalink) Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:58 am The country had been started to be saved from the enemies |
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Hello Kitosdad
I don't want an alternative sentence.I want to know if my sentence is correct grammatically. |
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Volcano1985 I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:26 pm The country had been started to be saved from the enemies |
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Sorry, I misunderstood.
OK, your sentence is understandable, but grammatically it is ................ _________________ Keep it simple ... Keep it interesting. |
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#5 (permalink) Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:04 am The country had been started to be saved from the enemies |
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Hi Volcano,
To be grammatically correct, your sentence should read 'The country had been starting to be saved from the enemies'.
However, even grammatically correct it's still not easy to understand. A sentence can be grammatically correct, and still not make sense.
I'd try something like "The country had begun to be saved from its enemies', which is very similar in flavor to your original sentence.
If you'd like an explanation of why your original sentence wasn't grammatical, or would like to double check, let us know. _________________ Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.
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Skrej I'm here quite often ;-)

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#6 (permalink) Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:59 am The country had been started to be saved from the enemies |
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Hello Skrej
I just want to know if two passive structure go together in a sentence. |
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Volcano1985 I'm here quite often ;-)
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