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Hasibul Alam Posted 6 years ago
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I dont understand the sentence. Is the sentence passive?
Plenty of students continue to be drawn to the intellectual thrill of linguistics field work.
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Hasibul Alam Plenty of students continue to be drawn to the intellectual thrill of linguistics field work. [Plenty of students] subj [continue] verb is not passive. to be drawn is a passive infinitive.
- Hasibul Alam Plenty of students continue to be drawn to the intellectual thrill of linguistics field work.
- [Plenty of students] subj [continue] verb is not passive.
- to be drawn is a passive infinitive.
- So the sentence is not passive.
- It just has a component that's passive.
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Hasibul Alam Plenty of students continue to be drawn to the intellectual thrill of linguistics field work.
[Plenty of students]subj [continue]verb
is not passive.
to be drawn is a passive infinitive.
So the sentence is not passive. It just has a component that's passive.
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