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Bubu



Joined: 05 Jul 2004
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 4:17 pm    Post subject: went broke Reply with quote
Hallo,

I found this sentence in story called 'acorn'

The mania for tulips ended a long time back. Way back in the sixteen-thirties, to be exact. Back in the 1630s, people were paying hundreds, thousands of dollars for a single tulip. (Well, guilders, actually, since this was a Dutch thing.) Then the market crashed and everyone went broke. Even so, if you have a flower shop, here, today, you still need tulips.


How common is this expression "went broke"?
Is it grammatical?
Is the word 'broke' and adjective [verbal adjetive]here?

Thanks
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asterix



Joined: 26 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's common. To go broke means to lose all your money.
It's not grammaticall
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