Do active and passive voices matter ?

[nq:1]Do active and passive voices no longer matter at all? e.g. "...My autobiography, Losing My Virginity, which has sold well in Australia..."[/nq]
That's as close as we get to a "middle voice" in English and it's quite accepable. Consider "The car was baking in the sun" or (a plaint frequently encountered among eBayers) "Has this item shipped yet?"

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[nq:1]Hi - Do active and passive voices no longer matter at all?[/nq]
No not at all. Not the slightest little bit. (sarcasm off)
[nq:1]e.g. "...My autobiography, Losing My Virginity, which has sold well in Australia..."[/nq]
The title is in the active voice. The subordiate clause is in the passive, but otoh, how could you phrase it in the active? "which many people in Australia have bo

Or maybe not. See Opin's post. I'm going to blame my inattention on the fact that the passive voice was mentioned in the OP. Gotta blame something.
[nq:1]but otoh, how could you phrase it in the active? "which many people in Australia have bought..." Even that is ... he has no way of knowing who bought them, he only knows what he was told, that they sold well.[/nq]
[nq:2]With thanks. Kevin

[nq:1]Hi - Do active and passive voices no longer matter at all? e.g. "...My autobiography, Losing My Virginity, which has sold well in Australia..."[/nq]
It is perfectly idiomatic to use a transitive verb intransitively, taking as subject what would be its object in a transitive sentence. This avoids the awkwardness of the passive
[nq:1]...My autobiography, Losing My Virginity, which has

[nq:1]Hi - Do active and passive voices no longer matter at all? e.g. "...My autobiography, Losing My Virginity, which has sold well in Australia..."[/nq]
She should have said, "I lost my virginity in Australia. I sold it. Read my autobiography."

[nq:2]"...My autobiography, Losing My Virginity, which has sold well in Australia..."[/nq]
[nq:1]She should have said, "I lost my virginity in Australia. I sold it. Read my autobiography."[/nq]
LOL! I should kick myself for missing that dangling modifier. Part of my job is to catch such things.
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Bob
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[nq:2]"...My autobiography, Losing My Virginity, which has sold well in Australia..."[/nq]
[nq:1]She should have said, "I lost my virginity in Australia. I sold it. Read my autobiography."[/nq]
LOL! I should kick myself for missing that dangling modifier. Part of my job is to catch such things.
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Bob
http://www.ka