Change brought by "been"

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1. Nothing great in the world has accomplished without passion.
2. Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.
What change “been” brings to the 2nd sentence above compared to 1st? and are both sentence of grammatically?

Clive · Accepted Answer

#1 is an active voice sentence that makes no sense.
#2 is passive voice, and makes sense.

Have you learned yet about active voice and passive voice?

Clive

Anonymous · Answer

Can we consider first as "present perfect" sentence?

CalifJim · Answer

Anonymous Can we consider first as "present perfect" sentence?

"has accomplished" is indeed in the present perfect tense, but that's irrelevant because the sentence itself is nonsense.

Just because you can find a recognizable tense form in a sentence doesn't mean the sentence makes sense.

CJ

Clive · Answer

Yes, but the sentence makes no sense
The subject makes no sense.
The transitive verb 'accomplish' requires an object, but the sentence does not have one.

You didn't answer my question. Have you studied active and passive voices yet?

Anonymous · Answer

Dear Clive (& CJ)

Sorry for my bad manners.
I'm still learning them. Quite confused by this sentence as I couldn't decipher them my self.

Thanks

Clive · Answer

Here are a couple of correct and simpler sentences for you to think about.

active voice Mary has accomplished nothing.
passive voice Nothing has been accomplished by Mary.

Clive

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