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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Active or passive voice?
I read this somewhere:
His eyes were red, while his face was awash with sweat.
There are two clauses ... are both of them passive? or are they active?
thanks,
His eyes were red, while his face was awash with sweat.
There are two clauses ... are both of them passive? or are they active?
thanks,
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Both "red" and "awash" are adjectives, not past participles, so the sentences are active. " Additionally, the subject is not the agent (the one doing the action of the verb. ) "I injured his eye" is passive because the verb doesn't consist of the verb "to be" with the past participle.
- Both "red" and "awash" are adjectives, not past participles, so the sentences are active.
- " Additionally, the subject is not the agent (the one doing the action of the verb.
- ) "I injured his eye" is passive because the verb doesn't consist of the verb "to be" with the past participle.
- Additionally, the subject is the agent, the one doing the action of the verb.
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Both "red" and "awash" are adjectives, not past participles, so the sentences are active.
"His eyes were injured" is passive because the verb consists of a form of the verb "to be" with the past participle of "injure." Additionally, the subject is not the agent (the one doing the action of the verb. The eyes are not doing the injuring.)
"I injured his eye" is passive because the
"His eyes were injured" is passive because the verb consists of a form of the verb "to be" with the past participle of "injure." Additionally, the subject is not the agent (the one doing the action of the verb. The eyes are not doing the injuring.)
"I injured his eye" is passive because the
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