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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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Hello- how is passive to this sentence?: Again and again Bilbo beat the spiders off. - Again and again

Again and again Bilbo beats the spiders off. Again and again.

  

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You cannot change 'again and again' into the passive. The part of the sentence with the verb is the one which sees the changes. Again and again the spiders were fought off by Bilbo.

— David Hatton

  • You cannot change 'again and again' into the passive.
  • The part of the sentence with the verb is the one which sees the changes.
  • Again and again the spiders were fought off by Bilbo.
  • Again and again.
  • The second sentence is a fragment - it contains no verb and, technically, is not a true sentence.
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You cannot change 'again and again' into the passive. The part of the sentence with the verb is the one which sees the changes.

Again and again the spiders were fought off by Bilbo. Again and again.

The second sentence is a fragment - it contains no verb and, technically, is not a true sentence. However, it serves a purpose to emphasise things and is acceptable as a resul

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