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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Birds are flying

anonymous"The birds are flying in the sky" or "Birds are flying in the sky"
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There is no transitive verb phrase in your example, so it cannot be passivised. Only transitive VPs can be passivised, compare Donald Campbell broke the land speed record in 'Bluebird . [active] The land speed record was broken by Donald Campbell in 'Bluebird '.

— BillJ

  • There is no transitive verb phrase in your example, so it cannot be passivised.
  • Only transitive VPs can be passivised, compare Donald Campbell broke the land speed record in 'Bluebird .
  • [active] The land speed record was broken by Donald Campbell in 'Bluebird '.
  • [passive]
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There is no transitive verb phrase in your example, so it cannot be passivised.

Only transitive VPs can be passivised, compare

Donald Campbell broke the land speed record in 'Bluebird. [active]

The land speed record was broken by Donald Campbell in 'Bluebird'. [passive]

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