Ye Thu Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Sentence Transformation
People said that the world would be destroyed one day.
If I rewrite the sentence as " The world was said to be destroyed one day " does it mean exactly the same as the original sentence? Thanks in advance.
If I rewrite the sentence as " The world was said to be destroyed one day " does it mean exactly the same as the original sentence? Thanks in advance.
Top answer
No. That does not adequately suggest the future. eg It was said that the world would be destroyed one day.
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No. That does not adequately suggest the future.
eg It was said that the world would be destroyed one day.
eg The world was said to be going to be destroyed one day. This is a very, very clumsy sentence.
Clive
eg It was said that the world would be destroyed one day.
eg The world was said to be going to be destroyed one day. This is a very, very clumsy sentence.
Clive
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