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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
confusion over passivity and intransivity
Hi,
I am not sure how could one konw if the participle 'hung' is used intransitively here. This part is from my post in a thread named "three 'mixed bag' questions." I think the word "Does" should be replaced by "Is" at the start of my question. Sorry.
Does this sentence correct? Is the word 'surfaced' an intransitive verb here? A similar form (as far as I can tell) was told to me as intransitive. That being this: The photo was hung on the wall.
Nothing constructive (or no constructive suggestion) was surfaced at our last meeting.
The sentence "The photo was hung on the wall" -- the verb "was hung" looks like what I could call (if I could say that) a passive in form but that is not a true passive. Does that mean the word 'hung' is an adjective?
I think we could make it passive by writing it this way: The photo was hung by Joe yesterday.
Then, how would I be able to know whether the "hung" used in on context differs from the one used another context? The intransitive verb with the auxiliary verb "was" seems to be confusing in that respect.
I am not sure how could one konw if the participle 'hung' is used intransitively here. This part is from my post in a thread named "three 'mixed bag' questions." I think the word "Does" should be replaced by "Is" at the start of my question. Sorry.
Does this sentence correct? Is the word 'surfaced' an intransitive verb here? A similar form (as far as I can tell) was told to me as intransitive. That being this: The photo was hung on the wall.
Nothing constructive (or no constructive suggestion) was surfaced at our last meeting.
The sentence "The photo was hung on the wall" -- the verb "was hung" looks like what I could call (if I could say that) a passive in form but that is not a true passive. Does that mean the word 'hung' is an adjective?
I think we could make it passive by writing it this way: The photo was hung by Joe yesterday.
Then, how would I be able to know whether the "hung" used in on context differs from the one used another context? The intransitive verb with the auxiliary verb "was" seems to be confusing in that respect.
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The photo was hung on the wall. - This is passive. Someone had to do the hanging.
- The photo was hung on the wall.
- - This is passive.
- Someone had to do the hanging.
- The active form is: John hung the photo on the wall.
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The photo was hung on the wall. - This is passive. Someone had to do the hanging. The active form is: John hung the photo on the wall.
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