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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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bus has been detoured
I've never seen detoured used passively.
What do you think?
The only one time that I do need to take the bus, the route has been detoured.
What do you think?
The only one time that I do need to take the bus, the route has been detoured.
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You are correct - detour would not be used passively. So: "The only time (not the only one time) that I need to (not do need to) take the bus, it has to make a detour". A route is not detoured - that does not make sense.
- You are correct - detour would not be used passively.
- So: "The only time (not the only one time) that I need to (not do need to) take the bus, it has to make a detour".
- A route is not detoured - that does not make sense.
- It is the bus that has to make a detour.
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You are correct - detour would not be used passively. So: "The only time (not the only one time) that I need to (not do need to) take the bus, it has to make a detour". A route is not detoured - that does not make sense. It is the bus that has to make a detour.
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