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A: I oppose the prime minister in the leadership election.

B: The prime minister is opposed in the leadership election by me.

Are the sentences above correct? Is sentence B the passive form of sentence A?

  

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anonymous Are the sentences above correct? Yes, but I'd write 'is opposed by me in the leadership election' in sentence B. anonymous Is sentence B the passive form of sentence A?

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  • anonymous Are the sentences above correct?
  • Yes, but I'd write 'is opposed by me in the leadership election' in sentence B.
  • anonymous Is sentence B the passive form of sentence A?
  • Yes.
  • Note, however, that B is not a good sentence.
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anonymousAre the sentences above correct?

Yes, but I'd write 'is opposed by me in the leadership election' in sentence B.

anonymousIs sentence B the passive form of sentence A?

Yes.

Note, however, that B is not a good sentence. Most sentences in which the agent phrase (the by phrase) is no more than a

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