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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

I'm cooking rice/spaghetti. =>The rice/spaghetti is cooking

1. I'm cooking rice/spaghetti.

2. The rice is cooking

3. The spaghetti is cooking

Q1-1) When I translate 2 in my language, it sounds like it is a passive sentence: The rice is being cooked. 'The rice is being cooked' sounds not good?

Q1-2)Does 2 not sound like a passive sentence in English?

Q2) It is said that 2 is OK but 3 is wrong; this makes me very difficult again.Emotion: crying

Is it just as it is?
  

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moon7296 When I translate 2 in my language, it sounds like it is a passive sentence: The rice is being cooked. That's possible. Translations from one language to another can't be exact.

— CalifJim

  • moon7296 When I translate 2 in my language, it sounds like it is a passive sentence: The rice is being cooked.
  • That's possible.
  • Translations from one language to another can't be exact.
  • moon7296 'The rice is being cooked' sounds not good?
  • It's OK.
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moon7296 When I translate 2 in my language, it sounds like it is a passive sentence: The rice is being cooked.
That's possible. Translations from one language to another can't be exact.
moon7296'The rice is being cooked' sounds not good?
It's OK.
moon7296Does 2 not sound like a passive sentence in En
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