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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Apply to vs be applied to

A-Group
1) The new technology was applied to farming.
2) The newest technology was applied to this tank.
3) An eco-friendly concept was applied to the exterior design of this house.
B-Group
4) The new technology applied to farming.
5) The newest technology applied to this tank.
6) An eco-friendly concept applied to the exterior design of this house.

I'd like to know what is the difference of the meaning between As and Bs, when comparing As and Bs with making a pair of As and Bs.

Thank you in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

1) The new technology was applied to farming. (OK. Some new technology was developed - not necessarily for the farming industry - and companies- not necessarily the inventors of the technology - used it to make new products that they could sell to farmers.

— AlpheccaStars

  • 1) The new technology was applied to farming.
  • (OK.
  • Some new technology was developed - not necessarily for the farming industry - and companies- not necessarily the inventors of the technology - used it to make new products that they could sell to farmers.
  • ) #2 and 3 do not make sense.
  • 4) The new technology applied to farming.
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1) The new technology was applied to farming. (OK. Some new technology was developed - not necessarily for the farming industry - and companies- not necessarily the inventors of the technology - used it to make new products that they could sell to farmers. )

#2 and 3 do not make sense.

4) The new technology applied to farming. (OK. The people who developed or inv
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your valuable answer.

But I don't know difference between #1 and #2 or #3 as well as between #4 and #5 or #6 in the view of the structure.
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park sang joonBut I don't know difference between #1 and #2 or #3 as well as between #4 and #5 or #6 in the view of the structure.
If you use examples that make no sense, I cannot explain the difference, except for the superficially obvious. One uses a helping verb, the other does not.
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your continuing to answer. Emotion: smile

One uses a helping verb, the other does not.
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A-Group
was applied

B-Group
applied

The helping verb is "was." "Was" is absent from all the B-Group sentences. "Was" is present in all the A-Group sentences.

The difference between A and B is "was."

I cannot explain sentences 2, 3, 5, and 6 because they make no sense.

If you apply something to a tank, it
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your precise and elaborate answer. Emotion: smile

If you apply something to a tank, it means you phy
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park sang joonI kind of see what you mean, but how about the development of a new generation tank?
The newest technology was applied (used) in the process of developing the tank.
The newest technology was applied in the design of the tank.
The newest technology was applied in designing the tank.
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your continuing support. Emotion: smile

The newest technology was applied (used) in the proce
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