Disposed of

Hi,

which is the correct sentence?

The property was disposed of in May (by Tom).

Fine. This is passive voice. If you want to, you can add the information as shown in my pink example.


or

The property disposed of in May

This is not correct. If you want active voice, say eg

Tom disposed of the property in May.

I can't think of an intransitive verb that takes "of," but I'm going to look for one.

Hmmm. The apartment smelled of

Two came to mind....how about " care ", and " dream " ?

"Dream" works. I believe "care" as a verb takes "for" or "about."

I guess I chose a backward way of trying to show why "the property was disposed of yesterday" doesn't work.

As I recall, these passive constructions are an area of interest for you.

I dreamed of Jeanie.
Don't worry! It's been taken care of,