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Murof Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

evolve

I think "evolve" is an intransitive verb; but why in usage, I would naturally feel the first sentence is right? Which one is correct?

The concept was evolved in ...(period)... or,

The concept evolved in...
  

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I looked up, and know it should be "evolved" the second one is correct. but evolved in... We don't use "it" before "evolve"?

— Murof

  • I looked up, and know it should be "evolved" the second one is correct.
  • but evolved in...
  • We don't use "it" before "evolve"?
  • Is "was born" and "evolved" paral?
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I looked up, and know it should be "evolved" the second one is correct.

But why in the sentence:

The concept was not born in...but evolved in...

We don't use "it" before "evolve"? Is "was born" and "evolved" paral?
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It would help if you made complete sentences, Murof. What you offer here are fragments.
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The concept of "zero" was not born in a single moment of revelation but evolved independently in several ancient cultures.

Why before "evolved" we don't put "it"? Because I was thinking it should be "it was not born" parallel with "it evolved"... If without "it", sounds like "was evolved"...? Where was I wrong?
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The subject of "was not born" and "evolved" is the same (the concept of "zero"), so there's no need to repeat it. "Evolve" is an action, its' "to slowly become something different, yet of the same species". Since the verb is intransitive, you won't find it in the passive form. The meaning here is that several ancient cultures pondered about that concept, refined it, used it in different new fields
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