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Targitay Posted 6 years ago
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Does " were carried" have a passive structure? or "carried" is simply an adjective in this text?
At Hit the rolling Assyrian plain had come to an end, and the invading army had entered upon the low alluvium of Babylonia, a region of great fertility, intersected by numerous canals, which in some places were carried the entire distance from the one river to the other.
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which in some places were carried the entire distance from the one river to the other. "Carried" is a past-participle verb, and this is a passive relative clause.
- which in some places were carried the entire distance from the one river to the other.
- "Carried" is a past-participle verb, and this is a passive relative clause.
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.... which in some places were carried the entire distance from the one river to the other.
"Carried" is a past-participle verb, and this is a passive relative clause.
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