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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Be + ed/past participle?
Please please please help me figure this out. Why is it okay to use "to be" + past participle sometimes but not always. eg. "It is okay to be excited" or "Knives are to be allowed on planes" or "It is to be changed" but not "it is to be disappeared" or "It is to be arrived"? Does it have to do with transitive/intransitive verbs? If so why ? I have looked alllll over the internet and I can't figure this out!!
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The grammatical subject of a passive construction can function as the objext of an active one and, generally, the reverse is true. Intransitive verbs have no object, and cannot therefore be transformed into passive constructions.
- The grammatical subject of a passive construction can function as the objext of an active one and, generally, the reverse is true.
- Intransitive verbs have no object, and cannot therefore be transformed into passive constructions.
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The grammatical subject of a passive construction can function as the objext of an active one and, generally, the reverse is true.
Intransitive verbs have no object, and cannot therefore be transformed into passive constructions.
Intransitive verbs have no object, and cannot therefore be transformed into passive constructions.
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