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Grammar

Be subject to or Be subjected to?

0Years ago, black children were 01i00____02i00 to discrimination in many schools.02br
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00C. subjecting 00D. subjected02br
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00This question was posted on another forum. It seems B or D could both be right. When I searched on google I found plenty of examples of both. Can anyone tell me which is better? Is there a difference between these two answers?Many thanks!!0-
  

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0Hi there,02br 02br 00 I think answer number B is better, but it should be in plural form to fit with the rest of the sentence( children and were) . If D is the answer it seems like passive voice sentence and we should clear the doer of the action. 02br 02br 00All the best0-

— Injuredpalestine

  • 0Hi there,02br 02br 00 I think answer number B is better, but it should be in plural form to fit with the rest of the sentence( children and were) .
  • If D is the answer it seems like passive voice sentence and we should clear the doer of the action.
  • 02br 02br 00All the best0-
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0Hi there,02br
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00 I think answer number B is better, but it should be in plural form to fit with the rest of the sentence( children and were) . If D is the answer it seems like passive voice sentence and we should clear the doer of the action. This is my opinion.02br
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0 Here 01font00subject02font00 means01font00 likely to be affected by02font00, but 01font00subjected02font00 means 01font00caused to undergo02font00. (From 01i00Webster's Third New International Dictionary0
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01cite10Injuredpalestine12cite10Hi there,12br
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10 I think answer number B is better, but it should be in plural form to fit with the rest of the sentence( children and were) . If D is the answer it seems like passive voice sentence and we should clear the doer of the action. This is my opinion.12br
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01cite10Rvw12cite10Here 11font10subject12font10 means11font10 likely to be affected by12font10, but 11font10subjected12font10 means 11font10caused to undergo12font
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0 The answer is B. The children were likely to experience discrimination.02br
00 Discrimination is not the sort of thing one is 01u00subjected02u00 to, in my opinion.02br
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00 Someone can subjected to a painful procedure.02br
00 Someone can be subjected to torture, whether physical or mental.02br
00 There is a
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0Etymologically speaking, the verb "subject" comes from Latin verb "subjectare", whereas the adjective "subject" comes from the Latin "subjectus" which is the past participle of "subjectare". So "subject"(a) and "subjected"(p.p) are bound to carry the same senses from the viewpoint of their word origin.02br
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00OED gives the definitions and quotes as follows to the verb "s
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0 Seems to me that if this many native speakers can't agree, or agree it could be either, it's a lousy question. I see Jim's point about it may or may not have occurred, but the sentence is qualified with "many." 0-
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00because Mr William Clinton said so.12blockquote
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00That's just plain Bill to us, Paco! 050010id1
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0 I think there's a big difference between Bill's "ought" and a report of a situation that existed years ago.02br
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00 Clinton is saying that those in a position to discriminate should not do so.02br
00 We should not subject anyone to discrimination. (We should not 01u00cause02u00 anyone to experience acts of discrimination.) 02br
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Correct me if i am wrong, but i believe there is a semantic difference between 'subject' and subjected to'. In other words, both answers are correct, but the answer u choose will give bring across a different meaning. I don't have to elaborate, but this is what i gathered from Oxford ifinger:

adjective [PREDIC.] (subject to)
1 likely or prone to be affected by (a particular conditio
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