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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

active to passive.

fetch a glass of water for me.
  

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You can't make an order/imperative passive, The closest you can come is the archaic and biblical-sounding Let a glass of water be fetched for me. [ Unless you are a king,most imperatives are accompanied by 'please'. ]

— Clive

  • You can't make an order/imperative passive, The closest you can come is the archaic and biblical-sounding Let a glass of water be fetched for me.
  • [ Unless you are a king,most imperatives are accompanied by 'please'.
  • ]
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You can't make an order/imperative passive,
The closest you can come is the archaic and biblical-sounding Let a glass of water be fetched for me.

[ Unless you are a king,most imperatives are accompanied by 'please'. ]
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