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Bmojtaba Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

active or passive voice

What's difference between the following instances? in meaning and structure...

'The wall scorched by fire'
'The wall was scorched by fire'
  

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One is a sentence and the other isn't. I think you are wanting to know the difference between passive and active voice. The wall scorched by fire is an incomplete sentence.

  • One is a sentence and the other isn't.
  • I think you are wanting to know the difference between passive and active voice.
  • The wall scorched by fire is an incomplete sentence.
  • There is no verb.
  • The wall was scorched by fire is a complete sentence.
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One is a sentence and the other isn't.

I think you are wanting to know the difference between passive and active voice.

The wall scorched by fire is an incomplete sentence. There is no verb.

The wall was scorched by fire

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