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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Active-passive

Change the following sentence into the passive:
It is time to pull down the shutters
  

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Can't be passivized for this reason: there is no direct object in the sentence, and, for this reason, there is no indirect object either. Why do we need them? Because in the corresponding passive sentence they become the subject.

— Inchoateknowledge

  • Can't be passivized for this reason: there is no direct object in the sentence, and, for this reason, there is no indirect object either.
  • Why do we need them?
  • Because in the corresponding passive sentence they become the subject.
  • If they do not exist, there is no subject, and without a subject, there is no sentence.
  • QED.
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Can't be passivized for this reason: there is no direct object in the sentence, and, for this reason, there is no indirect object either.
Why do we need them? Because in the corresponding passive sentence they become the subject. If they do not exist, there is no subject, and without a subject, there is no sentence. QED.
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AnonymousIt is time to pull down the shutters
It is time for the shutters to be pulled down.

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AnonymousIt is time to pull down the shutters
Here is another possibility:

It is time the shutters were pulled down.
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