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25 Nov 2020
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English (US)
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are these two the same?
I almost went bankrupt
I was almost bankrupted
are these two the same?
I almost went bankrupt
I was almost bankrupted
I almost went bankrupt
I was almost bankrupted
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- English (US)
The first sentence is correct, but the second is, "I was almost bankrupt."
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You can use bankrupt as a verb, but it's a transitive verb.
"His poor management nearly bankrupted the company."
"I was bankrupted by my greedy business partner."
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- Spanish (Spain)
@0kgal bankrupt is also an adj, but in this case It'd be bankrupted
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