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Omar Ahmed Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

A puzzling question

l ' d rather sleep than stay up. (Change into passive voice)

A friend of mine asked me the question mentioned above and I told him that the sentence he gave me can't be changed into passive. He said " It can be changed into passive in the following way:
I' d rather myself get fallen asleep than kept staying up" Is he right?

  

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I can't see how it can be turned into the passive voice. His 'sentence' certainly makes no sense.

  • I can't see how it can be turned into the passive voice.
  • His 'sentence' certainly makes no sense.
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I can't see how it can be turned into the passive voice. His 'sentence' certainly makes no sense.

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Omar AhmedHe said " It can be changed into passive in the following way: I' d rather myself get fallen asleep than kept staying up" Is he right?

No, that sentence is incorrect. There is no feasible way to change the original sentence into passive voice. A sentence with some passive elements, such as "I'd rather be allowed to sleep than be kept up", is possi

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