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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Active voice and passive voice
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I have couple of doubts changing active - passive and vice versa,,, here are the sentences,
1.Passive to Active voice.
1.The sugar is blended with the butter until a smooth mixture is obtained.
2.He was not expected to check his iphone every hour, but he was expected to call the office once a day.
I have couple of doubts changing active - passive and vice versa,,, here are the sentences,
1.Passive to Active voice.
1.The sugar is blended with the butter until a smooth mixture is obtained.
2.He was not expected to check his iphone every hour, but he was expected to call the office once a day.
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The sugar is blended with the butter until a smooth mixture is obtained. He was not expected to check his iphone every hour, but he was expected to call the office once a day. We blend the sugar with the butter until we obtain a smooth mixture.
- The sugar is blended with the butter until a smooth mixture is obtained.
- He was not expected to check his iphone every hour, but he was expected to call the office once a day.
- We blend the sugar with the butter until we obtain a smooth mixture.
- " The office " didn't expect him to check his iphone every hour, but they did expect him to call in once a day.
- ") Please offer some attempt at answering the questions.
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Anonymous1.The sugar is blended with the butter until a smooth mixture is obtained.We blend the sugar with the butter until we obtain a smooth mixture.
2.He was not expected to check his iphone every hour, but he was expected to call the office once a day.
"The office" didn't expect him to check his iphone every hour, but
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AnonymousI have couple of doubts changing active - passive and vice versa,,, here are the sentences,
1.Passive to Active voice.
1.The sugar is blended with the butter until a smooth mixture is obtained.
2.He was not expected to check his iphone every hour, but he was expected to call the office once a day.
You can't convert these 'short p
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I have couple of doubts changing active - passive and vice versa,,, here are the sentences,
1.Passive to Active voice.
1.The sugar is blended with the butter until a smooth mixture is obtained.
2.He was not expected to check his iphone every hour, but he was expected to call the office once a day.
It's a wrong question. The 1. and 2. are in active voice. So,
1.Passive to Active voice.
1.The sugar is blended with the butter until a smooth mixture is obtained.
2.He was not expected to check his iphone every hour, but he was expected to call the office once a day.
It's a wrong question. The 1. and 2. are in active voice. So,
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Part of the charm of the passive voice is that the actor doesn't need to be named.
Anyone who asks you to make a transformation to active voice should know this,
and expect you to make up (invent) the actor.
How is the question wrong?
Anyone who asks you to make a transformation to active voice should know this,
and expect you to make up (invent) the actor.
How is the question wrong?
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AnonymousIt's a wrong question. The 1. and 2. are in active voice. So, you have to put the subjects of the 1. & 2. ( 'sugar' and 'he') in the object positions to have sentences in the active voice in order to change them into the subjects of passive sentences:
They blend the sugar with the butter until a smooth mixture is obtained. (active voice)
The
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BillJ So, these active voice versions are clearly ungrammatical:Clearly so.
1. *Blends the sugar with the butter until a smooth mixture is obtained..
2. *Expected him to check his iphone every hour, but expected to call the office...
But where did they come from?
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