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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

give in

She was forced to give in by us.

Is this sentence correct?
  

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Very awkward. We forced her to give in.

— Mister Micawber

  • Very awkward.
  • We forced her to give in.
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Very awkward.
We forced her to give in.
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Mister MicawberVery awkward.
We forced her to give in.


Thank you Mister Micawber.

We forced her to give in. (Simple past in Active Voice)

She was forced to give in by us. (Simple Past in Passive Voice) (Grammatically perfect. Am I right?)

I think both are one and the same though pas
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It could never be called perfect; it does not sound stilted, but wrong-- since pronouns are by definition unstressed forms, the agent is doubly insignificant, and the passive form is acceptable only in a misguided grammar exercise for foreign learners.
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