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Shashi.mishra5 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Hi
is it always necessary to use past participle form of verb with be?
as for example
"it can be done"
"it wont be done without you"
"it cant be written without you"
as for example
"it can be done"
"it wont be done without you"
"it cant be written without you"
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No. But this specific syntactic form does require the past participle. Let me explain.
- No.
- But this specific syntactic form does require the past participle.
- Let me explain.
- You wrote 'It can be done' this is called a passive sentence.
- We use this form to denote that the subject undergoes an action.
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No. But this specific syntactic form does require the past participle.
Let me explain.
You wrote 'It can be done'
this is called a passive sentence. We use this form to denote that the subject undergoes an action.
What the subject is here, is not specified, but that doesn't matter.
e.g. John kicks the ball. active sentence
Let me explain.
You wrote 'It can be done'
this is called a passive sentence. We use this form to denote that the subject undergoes an action.
What the subject is here, is not specified, but that doesn't matter.
e.g. John kicks the ball. active sentence
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shashi.mishra5is it always necessary to use past participle form of verb with be?No. The present participle is also possible, as are nouns and adjectives.
I will be meeting them at 2 o'clock.
Those formations could be clouds.
Participles can be difficult.
CJ
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