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Read the sentence. Check the type of ungrammatical-sounding English that it illustrates. I seen a duck.

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It should be, "I *saw* a duck."
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Answer:

I have/had seen a duck.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence "I seen a duck" is ungrammatical because the verb "seen" is in participle form and It requires the auxiliary verb "have" to show tense.

The correct versions would be:

- I have seen a duck. (in present perfect tense)

- I had seen a duck. (in past perfect tense)

We can also say this sentence in a correct form changing the tense of the verb:

- I saw a duck. (in past tense)

- I see a duck. (in present tense)

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