Today, I studied unit 47 exercises. In 47.1 no.2, the answer is: "How long have they been married."
Can I answer this exercise like this: "How long have they married?"?
Last week, in unit 43, 43.1 no.7, the answer was: " Three men are said to have been arrested after the explosion."
Can I answer this exsercise like this: " Three men are said to be arrested after the explosion."?
Teacher could please give me some corrections.
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No, but you could say,"How long ago did they get married?" or even, "When did they get married?" These questions ask for a fixed date in the past.
For the second question, please remember that this is an example of reported speech.
Also, the arrest occurred in the past. We could say:
"It was reported that three men were arrested."
If, however, we want to emphasize that the men are still in police custody, we can use the present perfect: "It is reported that three men have been arrested."
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