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Intransitive verb in the passive voice?

Can we use intransitive verbs in the passive voice??? Please, Give me the example of that~
  

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[nq:1]Can we use intransitive verbs in the passive voice??? Please, Give me the example of that~[/nq] A sentence using a verb in the passive voice has as its subject the noun or other substantive that would be the object if the same sentence were in the active voice: The boy threw the ball at me. The ball was thrown at me by the boy.

  • [nq:1]Can we use intransitive verbs in the passive voice???
  • Please, Give me the example of that~[/nq] A sentence using a verb in the passive voice has as its subject the noun or other substantive that would be the object if the same sentence were in the active voice: The boy threw the ball at me.
  • The ball was thrown at me by the boy.
  • An intransitive verb cannot take an object, so a sentence using it in the active voice cannot be inverted to the passive.
  • There is no object to become the subject.
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[nq:1]Can we use intransitive verbs in the passive voice??? Please, Give me the example of that~[/nq]
A sentence using a verb in the passive voice has as its subject the noun or other substantive that would be the object if the same sentence were in the active voice:
The boy threw the ball at me.
The ball was thrown at me by the boy.
An intransitive verb cannot take an object, so a
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[nq:2]Can we use intransitive verbs in the passive voice??? Please, Give me the example of that~[/nq]
[nq:1]A sentence using a verb in the passive voice has as its subject the noun or other substantive that would ... the active voice cannot be inverted to the passive. There is no object to become the subject. . . .[/nq]
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