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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Hi every one. I am studying english, I have a sentence that i am confusing about the answer, pls help me answer and explain for me. sentence: "the brand new Cadilac, purchasing/purchased less than two weeks ago, was distroyed in the accident"
thank you so much!
thank you so much!
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"the brand new Cadilac, purchasing/purchased less than two weeks ago, was distroyed in the accident" The brand new Cadillac, which was purchased less than two weeks ago, was destroyed in the accident. This is commonly shortened to The brand new Cadillac, purchased less than two weeks ago, was destroyed in the accident. The car was purchased (by someone) is a sentence in passive voice.
- "the brand new Cadilac, purchasing/purchased less than two weeks ago, was distroyed in the accident" The brand new Cadillac, which was purchased less than two weeks ago, was destroyed in the accident.
- This is commonly shortened to The brand new Cadillac, purchased less than two weeks ago, was destroyed in the accident.
- The car was purchased (by someone) is a sentence in passive voice.
- The active voice version is Someone purchased the car .
- Have you studied passive voice yet?
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"the brand new Cadilac, purchasing/purchased less than two weeks ago, was distroyed in the accident"
The brand new Cadillac, which was purchased less than two weeks ago, was destroyed in the accident.
This is commonly shortened to
The brand new Cadillac, purchased
The brand new Cadillac, which was purchased less than two weeks ago, was destroyed in the accident.
This is commonly shortened to
The brand new Cadillac, purchased
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Anonymous"The brand new Cadillac, [which was] purchased less than two weeks ago, was destroyed in the accident."Correct as it is now. The Cadillac didn't purchase anything. Cars don't purchase things. People pu
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