They broke open the packing cases. Is that sentence grammatical? Is "break open" an verb phrase?

xiaokaoy

25. Juni 2013 05:09

That statement is perfectly correct

25. Juni 2013

break open, 强行破开，砸开的意思

25. Juni 2013

'They are breaking open packing cases' is present tense, whereas 'They break open packing cases' is a general statement e.g. 'Goverment officials break open packing cases when they suspect they contain something illegal' - that's not referring to something specific but something that generally happens now.

25. Juni 2013

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