What is the proper word?
I have a question....( referring to a car that is in storage 6 months of the year) what is the proper word. It is only "drove" half the year, or It is only "driven" half the year.
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I have a question....( referring to a car that is in storage 6 months of the year) what is the proper word. It is only "drove" half the year, or It is only "driven" half the year.
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I have a question....( referring to a car that is in storage 6 months of the year) what is the proper word. It is only "drove" half the year, or It is only "driven" half the year.
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"drove" is the Past Simple Active form.
So it's grammatically wrong here because in your case you need the Passive form (Past Participle).
So the grammatically correct is:
"It is only driven (for) six months."
Or: ''I drove it (for) six months.''
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And, syntactically, the correct use of the other tense would be it drove half the year. However, that doesn't make sense—unless it actually manages to drive itself. ;)
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
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"drove" is the Past Simple Active form.
So it's grammatically wrong here because in your case you need the Passive form (Past Participle).
So the grammatically correct is:
"It is only driven (for) six months."
Or: ''I drove it (for) six months.''
answered 2 days ago
user307254user307254
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And, syntactically, the correct use of the other tense would be it drove half the year. However, that doesn't make sense—unless it actually manages to drive itself. ;)
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
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"drove" is the Past Simple Active form.
So it's grammatically wrong here because in your case you need the Passive form (Past Participle).
So the grammatically correct is:
"It is only driven (for) six months."
Or: ''I drove it (for) six months.''
answered 2 days ago
user307254user307254
4,0602516
And, syntactically, the correct use of the other tense would be it drove half the year. However, that doesn't make sense—unless it actually manages to drive itself. ;)
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
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"drove" is the Past Simple Active form.
So it's grammatically wrong here because in your case you need the Passive form (Past Participle).
So the grammatically correct is:
"It is only driven (for) six months."
Or: ''I drove it (for) six months.''
answered 2 days ago
user307254user307254
4,0602516
"drove" is the Past Simple Active form.
So it's grammatically wrong here because in your case you need the Passive form (Past Participle).
So the grammatically correct is:
"It is only driven (for) six months."
Or: ''I drove it (for) six months.''
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And, syntactically, the correct use of the other tense would be it drove half the year. However, that doesn't make sense—unless it actually manages to drive itself. ;)
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
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And, syntactically, the correct use of the other tense would be it drove half the year. However, that doesn't make sense—unless it actually manages to drive itself. ;)
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
And, syntactically, the correct use of the other tense would be it drove half the year. However, that doesn't make sense—unless it actually manages to drive itself. ;)
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
And, syntactically, the correct use of the other tense would be it drove half the year. However, that doesn't make sense—unless it actually manages to drive itself. ;)
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
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