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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
How about this passive sentence?
Hello
I'd like to ask about passive sentences.
In the exercise of the grammar there was a changing question from the active sentence to the passive one. Would you take a look at #1 and #2?
#1 My father makes breakfast every morning.
#2 Breakfast is made by my father every morning.
The answer of #1 was #2.
#2 sounds little bit strange for me. Is #2 used actually? Is there some sentence which cannot be changed into passive sentences?
Thank you.
I'd like to ask about passive sentences.
In the exercise of the grammar there was a changing question from the active sentence to the passive one. Would you take a look at #1 and #2?
#1 My father makes breakfast every morning.
#2 Breakfast is made by my father every morning.
The answer of #1 was #2.
#2 sounds little bit strange for me. Is #2 used actually? Is there some sentence which cannot be changed into passive sentences?
Thank you.
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(edited to remove quote of question) There's nothing structurally wrong with Nº 2. It sounds a bit too formal for such a context, but it's all down to need, audience and taste, I guess. And, yes , it is true that there is not always a undelying equivalent for every well-formed passive sentence, and vice versa, not always an equivalent for a well-formed active senrtence.
- (edited to remove quote of question) There's nothing structurally wrong with Nº 2.
- It sounds a bit too formal for such a context, but it's all down to need, audience and taste, I guess.
- And, yes , it is true that there is not always a undelying equivalent for every well-formed passive sentence, and vice versa, not always an equivalent for a well-formed active senrtence.
- Try to find a suitable equivalent for this, for example: The earth was formed millions of years ago.
- There, the doer is unkown, and the passive is usually preferred in such cases.
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(edited to remove quote of question)
There's nothing structurally wrong with Nº 2. It sounds a bit too formal for such a context, but it's all down to need, audience and taste, I guess.
And, yes , it is true that there is not always a undelying equivalent for every well-formed passive sentence, and vice versa, not always an equivalent for a well-formed active senrtence.
There's nothing structurally wrong with Nº 2. It sounds a bit too formal for such a context, but it's all down to need, audience and taste, I guess.
And, yes , it is true that there is not always a undelying equivalent for every well-formed passive sentence, and vice versa, not always an equivalent for a well-formed active senrtence.
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