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Abdul quddus Posted 16 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

English help

The cable was issued under Hillary Clinton's name in July 2009, and asked for credit card numbers.
'asked' confuses me can anyone explain that??is it adjective or something else clarify??
  

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The cable did two things: (1) it was issued (this is passive voice) and (2) it asked for something ("asked" is a simple past tense verb, active voice)

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  • The cable did two things: (1) it was issued (this is passive voice) and (2) it asked for something ("asked" is a simple past tense verb, active voice)
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The cable did two things:
(1) it was issued (this is passive voice)
and

(2) it asked for something ("asked" is a simple past tense verb, active voice)
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