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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

CONCENTRATE ON or WERE CONCENTRATED ON

How would you say this please?

1 They were concentrated on that./They concentrated on that.

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/They concentrated on that. Both work. In this sense, "to concentrate" is intransitive, so it can't be used passively.

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  • /They concentrated on that.
  • Both work.
  • In this sense, "to concentrate" is intransitive, so it can't be used passively.
  • I'd say the first one is simple past of "to be" plus an adjective complement.
  • " Transitive would be: The sharpshooters concentrated their fire on the upstairs window.
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alc24They were concentrated on that./They concentrated on that.
Both work. In this sense, "to concentrate" is intransitive, so it can't be used passively.
I'd say the first one is simple past of "to be" plus an adjective complement.
The second one is simple past of "to concentrate."

Transitive would be:
The sharpshooters concentrated t
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