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Rajesh jain Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Active/passive
Active- I ate lunch.
Passive- Lunch is eaten.
According to me the above is correct conversion of active into passive but I saw a video in which it was taught as "lunch was eaten". Which is more correct? The source is-
http://youtu.be/QTQb42w7oig.
Passive- Lunch is eaten.
According to me the above is correct conversion of active into passive but I saw a video in which it was taught as "lunch was eaten". Which is more correct? The source is-
http://youtu.be/QTQb42w7oig.
Top answer
Why would the tense change from Past Tense, to Present Tense, when the voice changes from Active to Passive?
- Why would the tense change from Past Tense, to Present Tense, when the voice changes from Active to Passive?
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Why would the tense change from Past Tense, to Present Tense, when the voice changes from Active to Passive?
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Yes, it is taught wrong in the video I think and the sad part is that the incorrect video has been watched by around .18 million people.
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And it has been changed from present to past terry not the other way.
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What tense is 'ate''?
What tense is 'is'?
What order are your two sentences in?
What voice is the first sentence?
And what voice is the second sentence?
What tense is 'is'?
What order are your two sentences in?
What voice is the first sentence?
And what voice is the second sentence?
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Ate is a past tense.
I have already mentioned the voices of sentences in front of them,
I have already mentioned the voices of sentences in front of them,
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Oh I just observed it now . Sorry I wanted to write
"eat" but mistakenly wrote "ate" in active voice
"eat" but mistakenly wrote "ate" in active voice
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