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I don't think you can make an intelligible passive of "Lemon tastes sour".
- I don't think you can make an intelligible passive of "Lemon tastes sour".
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I don't think you can make an intelligible passive of "Lemon tastes sour".
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I think I'm right in saying that is because the sentence structure is noun-verb-adjective. You cannot reverse the subject and object because there is no object. The verb is intransitive
Unless (and this is slightly silly) we are describing a man sipping a drink made with spirit and lemon; in which case you could have ...
- The sour is being tasted by Mr Lemon
I think I'm right in saying that is because the sentence structure is noun-verb-adjective. You cannot reverse the subject and object because there is no object. The verb is intransitive
Unless (and this is slightly silly) we are describing a man sipping a drink made with spirit and lemon; in which case you could have ...
- The sour is being tasted by Mr Lemon
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