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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Could you please tell me why we can omit "tobe" in this sentence:
I want my car washed.
I want my car washed.
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Anonymous Could you please tell me why we can omit "tobe" in this sentence:I want my car washed. We can omit it because it is part of English grammar. CJ
- Anonymous Could you please tell me why we can omit "tobe" in this sentence:I want my car washed.
- We can omit it because it is part of English grammar.
- CJ
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Anonymous Could you please tell me why we can omit "tobe" in this sentence:I want my car washed.We can omit it because it is part of English grammar.
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The complete sentence would be something like: "I want my car to be washed by someone."
This is a passive type of construction. Over the centuries this has been shortened for convenience to: "I want my car to be washed.", the "by someone" understood from the context.
This has then been even further shortened to: "I want my car washed.", the "to be" and "by someone" understo
This is a passive type of construction. Over the centuries this has been shortened for convenience to: "I want my car to be washed.", the "by someone" understood from the context.
This has then been even further shortened to: "I want my car washed.", the "to be" and "by someone" understo
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