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MyShirley Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

are they passive verb forms?

E.g.: The auspiciouos red colour and the deafening noises were intended to scare the monster away.

E.g.: Other practices of the festival are also meant to bring good luck.

Are the underlined verbs passive ?

How can you change them in active form?

Thanks
  

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Yes they are... As there is no agent in either of these passives, they cannot be changed to active sentences without guess work as to who the agents(s) might be as they are clearly not important. This is probably why the passive voiced was used in the first place, so why would you want to change them to active?

— Tam Sadek

  • Yes they are...
  • As there is no agent in either of these passives, they cannot be changed to active sentences without guess work as to who the agents(s) might be as they are clearly not important.
  • This is probably why the passive voiced was used in the first place, so why would you want to change them to active?
  • Don't think that all English sentences are swappable between passive and active voice.
  • The two different voices perform different functions in English and one is chosen over the other for a reason...
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Yes they are...

As there is no agent in either of these passives, they cannot be changed to active sentences without guess work as to who the agents(s) might be as they are clearly not important.

This is probably why the passive voiced was used in the first place, so why would you want to change them to active?

Don't think that all English sentences are swappable betwee
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