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    Default Can somebody help me correct these sentences?

    1) I was fainted the other day but i do not know what is the reason that it happen. I asked the doctor, what is the caused that lead to faint/ what is the reason for that to happen.

    2) The internet service went down/was down for a few minutes before it came back on/before it is operational again.

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    Default Re: Can somebody help me correct these sentences?

    Quote Originally Posted by michael281001 View Post

    1) I was fainted the other day but i do not know what is the reason that it happen. I asked the doctor, what is the caused that lead to faint/ what is the reason for that to happen.

    I fainted the other day but I don't know why. I asked the doctor what he thought caused it.

    2) The internet service went down/was down for a few minutes before it came back on/before it is operational again.

    The internet connection went down for a few minutes.
    With your second sentence, the fact that it only went down for a few minutes makes it clear (without stating it) that it then started working again, so I don't think you need the second half of your sentence.
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