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Vladv Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Active verb denoting passive
I have come across a phenomenon when obiously a verb that should be passive is active " This book sells well" The car handles well" Is it something fixed? What other verbs can be used this way?
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This wine is only nine months old but is already drinking very nicely.
- This wine is only nine months old but is already drinking very nicely.
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This wine is only nine months old but is already drinking very nicely.
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VladvI have come across a phenomenon when obiously a verb that should be passive is active
You are seeing verbs that are usually transitive used intransitively, not active/passive. It looks like what would ordinarily be the object has become the subject. If you can read a book easily, it reads well.
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