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[General] grammer problem

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satya_ssom33

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hello

please help me to correct this sentence with explanation.

# I am selling toys but they are not being sold.
or
I am selling toys but they are not being purchased.

what should be used.

# I am breaking chair but It is not being broken.

confusion is that in first I am breaking but in second i am not breaking.
 

Chicken Sandwich

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You posted the exact same question under a different username. More to the point, Rover_KE made a few amendments. Why have you ignored his post?
 

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