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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
active / passive (verb)
1. If something stabilizes, or is stabilized, it becomes stable.
Q) #1 is the definition of the verb "stabilize."
Is there no difference in meaning between "something stabilizes" and something "is stabilized?"
2. The price stabilized.
3. The price was stabilized.
Does number 2 focus on the condition/state of the price being stabilized?
Does number 3 focus on to the action of being stabilized or the agent that stabilized the price?
Q) #1 is the definition of the verb "stabilize."
Is there no difference in meaning between "something stabilizes" and something "is stabilized?"
2. The price stabilized.
3. The price was stabilized.
Does number 2 focus on the condition/state of the price being stabilized?
Does number 3 focus on to the action of being stabilized or the agent that stabilized the price?
Top answer
#3 focuses on the fact that someone or something stabilized it. #2 sounds more like it happened by itself.
- #3 focuses on the fact that someone or something stabilized it.
- #2 sounds more like it happened by itself.
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#3 focuses on the fact that someone or something stabilized it. #2 sounds more like it happened by itself.
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