Faith
should we use holden or held for the past participle of hold? I saw my friend wrote this sentence: My new smartphone which bought from China has been holden by custom? Anything wrong with this sentence?
7 нояб. 2015 г., 15:16
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It is wrong-- "holden" is not a word. It should be "...that I bought * in China * was held by *customs" but really it should be " .. is being held..." if customs still has the phone.
7 ноября 2015 г.
Actually, "holden" is an archaic present perfect tense, which, while technically valid, is almost never used. So "has been held" is more natural...
5 июня 2025 г., 8:47
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китайский (путунхуа), китайский (кантонский), английский, малайский
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