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Harry1999 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Be expected in this sentence?(Passive or Adjective)

Hi,

I am confused about following sentence:

  • This behavior was not expected from you.
Does the word play a role of adjective here?

If we replace "from" by "by", then does it indicate the same meaning?

I mean,

  • This behaviour was not expected by you.(I think, this is a passive voice sentence, isn't it?)
and its active coice will be,

  • I didn't expect such behaviour from you
But, in passive voice we use "by someone", then what is the role of the word 'Expected" in the first sentence?

Does is act as an adjective or verb?

If it's verb, then who is the agent and patient?

Please help me out!! I am still pondering over this sentence and that makes me confused!! Emotion: sad

Thanks!!
  

Top answer

This behavior was not expected from you . -- No, it seems very 'passive voice' to me. -- No, not at all: the agents are reversed.

— Mister Micawber

  • This behavior was not expected from you .
  • -- No, it seems very 'passive voice' to me.
  • -- No, not at all: the agents are reversed.
  • -- Yes ) and its active voice will be, I didn't expect such behaviour from you- - No .
  • -- Agent: presumed (check the context).
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  • This behavior was not expected from you. Does the word play a role of adjective here?-- No, it seems very 'passive voice' to me.
If we replace "from" by "by", then does it indicate the same meaning?-- No, not at all: the agents are reversed.

  • This behaviour was not expected by you.(I think, this is a passive voice sentence, isn't it?--
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Thanks for the response!! Emotion: smile

But, I am still a little bit confused.

As you said,

This behavior was not e
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It may be, I or we or people or your wife didn't expect such behavior(from you), right??-- Right.


You said the agent is presumed. -- Yes. We presume 'I, we, people, or your wife'; they are not mentioned in the text.

I think, if we ask a question to the word "Expected" i.e.

What was not expected from you? Answer: Such behavior
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