[Grammar] and it was sold millions of copies

[englishhobby]

Is the following sentence grammatically correct?
He wrote a book about his life and it was sold millions of copies.

 

[GoesStation]

No. It was sold means "it" (the book) bought millions of copies of something. Leave out was and your sentence will be correct. Better: He wrote a book about his life and it sold by the millions.

 

[Lynxear]

You could change "was" to "has". The past perfect tense shows sales in the past and continuing on to the future.

He wrote a book about his life and it has sold millions of copies.