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My teacher's English questions go crazy. Help !
Which is / are correct?
1 I found my car had been stolen.
2 I found my car have been stolen.
3 I found my car having been stolen.
4 I found my car being stolen.
5 I found my car has been stolen.
6 I found my car is stoen.
7 I found my car was stolen.
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Feb 24, 2024 4:31 AM
Answers · 4
7.) I found my car that was stolen.
February 25, 2024
Thanks
February 24, 2024
#2 is grammatically wrong because "car" is singular. You cannot say "my car have".
The only sentence that makes logical sense is #3. In #3, the structure is:
SUBJECT = "I"
VERB = "found"
ADJECTIVE CLAUSE = "having been stolen" (modifies "car")
The other sentences are poor but not 100% wrong. The main problem is that it is not the "car" that is "found". Let's take #7 as an example. The thing that is "found" is not the car but rather the fact that the car was stolen. To fix #7, you should say something like
"I found that my car was stolen".
All the other sentences have similar problems.
February 24, 2024
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February 24, 2024
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