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Hamas
05-22-2007, 03:46 PM
Assalamu Alaikum Everyone,

Can someone help me please? Its just a bit of grammer.

Now lets say somebody presented to me a report of some sort and i thought it wasnt in detail

Can i say the report was not breakdown in detail or do i say the report was not broken down in detail?

which one is correct? are they both correct?

JazakAllah :)
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Keltoi
05-22-2007, 03:51 PM
Not "broken down" in detail seems to be the best phrase grammatically.
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Hamas
05-22-2007, 03:53 PM
format_quote Originally Posted by Keltoi
Not "broken down" in detail seems to be the best phrase grammatically.
Hey what do you mean by not? your saying broken down in detail is the right one?
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tomtomsmom
05-22-2007, 03:56 PM
was not broken down into detail
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Hamas
05-22-2007, 04:10 PM
Hey thanks for that.

Can i have other members opinions too please? :)

JazakAllah
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England
05-22-2007, 04:16 PM
It's "not broken down in detail"

Broken = past tense
Breaking = Present tense
Break = Future tense
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tomtomsmom
05-22-2007, 04:18 PM
but wouldn't it be "into detail" not "in detail"??
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England
05-22-2007, 04:20 PM
format_quote Originally Posted by tomtomsmom
but wouldn't it be "into detail" not "in detail"??
Yeah it is "into." Didn't see that as the main word that he was focusing on was Broken-break.
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tomtomsmom
05-22-2007, 04:22 PM
Yeah I know, I am just nit-picky like that :D
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Muezzin
05-22-2007, 04:40 PM
So to summarise, it is:

'the report was not broken down into detail'
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aamirsaab
05-22-2007, 05:29 PM
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format_quote Originally Posted by England
It's "not broken down in detail"

Broken = past tense
Breaking = Present tense
Break = Future tense
Broked = chav tense

:p
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Hamas
05-23-2007, 09:42 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by Muezzin
So to summarise, it is:

'the report was not broken down into detail'
Im still in doubt, i think to say "the report has not been breakdown into details is also correct and can be used, no?

Can someone help me please?
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England
05-23-2007, 09:56 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by Hamas
Im still in doubt, i think to say "the report has not been breakdown into details is also correct and can be used, no?

Can someone help me please?
That's wrong. There's no such thing as that statement. You have mixed past tense in with future tense.
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Hamas
05-23-2007, 10:00 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by England
That's wrong. There's no such thing as that statement. You have mixed past tense in with future tense.
Are you sure? 100%? Thank you :)

How come nobody else is helping me?

Becaues you dont know? :D
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chacha_jalebi
05-23-2007, 11:13 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by Hamas
Can i say the report was not breakdown in detail or do i say the report was not broken down in detail?

which one is correct? are they both correct?

i would say :D

da tin wernt in no detail :p

naa lol it should be broken down, but you should re phrase like

"once the report was broken down, it was evident that there was not enough detail"

:shade:
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