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Was born and was killed

Does the verb be have the same function in the two phrases was born and was killed? I don’t thing so. I just tried writing the following sentence: He was born in 1898 and killed in action in 1918. To my ear, that sounds very odd. I think it needs to be He was born…… Continue reading Was born and was killed

Published 31 May, 2022
Categorised as Uncategorized Tagged Adjective, Change, Conjunction, Ellipsis, German, Idiom, Passive

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