Active and passive
Hello
Please clarify
1. I dont want to be fired
In the above sentence i dont want is active part but tobe fired is in passive sense
Overall this is a active voice in simple present
Am i right here
2. This is yet to be picked.
To be picked is passive voice but overall What is the voice of this sentence?
3. Have been to that place what tense and voice is this
Perfect passive or perfect active
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anonymous 1. I dont want to be fired In the above sentence i dont want is active part but tobe fired is in passive sense Not quite right. The sentence is simple present tense.
- anonymous 1.
- I dont want to be fired In the above sentence i dont want is active part but tobe fired is in passive sense Not quite right.
- The sentence is simple present tense.
- " Infinitives do not have tense.
- The tense is from the matrix clause.
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anonymous1. I dont want to be fired In the above sentence i dont want is active part but tobe fired is in passive sense
Not quite right.
The sentence is simple present tense. (I want)
The complement of the verb is the non-finite infinitive clause "to be fired."
Infinitives do not have tense. The tense is from the matrix clause. They do hav
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