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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
English in Russia
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Everyone was interested in it (active or passive?)
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The best answer is that it is active, though this is a genuinely confusing issue, because it is not 100% clear whether 'interested' is functioning as an adjective or as a past participle of the verb 'to interest'. It feels like an adjective, but I imagine that this is an issue over which even sophisticated grammarians could have some debate. I am fairly confident that the majority view would be that it is used here adjectivally, and hence would be in the active voice.
- The best answer is that it is active, though this is a genuinely confusing issue, because it is not 100% clear whether 'interested' is functioning as an adjective or as a past participle of the verb 'to interest'.
- It feels like an adjective, but I imagine that this is an issue over which even sophisticated grammarians could have some debate.
- I am fairly confident that the majority view would be that it is used here adjectivally, and hence would be in the active voice.
- However, if you changed 'in' to 'by', I suspect intuitions would shift a little towards viewing 'interested' as a participle, thus favouring the passive voice reading.
- Apologies for not being able to provide a simpler answer...
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The best answer is that it is active, though this is a genuinely confusing issue, because it is not 100% clear whether 'interested' is functioning as an adjective or as a past participle of the verb 'to interest'. It feels like an adjective, but I imagine that this is an issue over which even sophisticated grammarians could have some debate. I am fairly confident that the majority view would be t
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