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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Inversion

What are the rules of inversion that happens in question in passive form and active form?
  

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The general rule is that we invert subject and auxiliary verb in direct questions. If there is no auxilary verb, then we use DO as a 'dummy' auxiliary: Mary can speak French. - Can Mary speak French?

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  • The general rule is that we invert subject and auxiliary verb in direct questions.
  • If there is no auxilary verb, then we use DO as a 'dummy' auxiliary: Mary can speak French.
  • - Can Mary speak French?
  • Frank has left.
  • - Has Frank left?
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The general rule is that we invert subject and auxiliary verb in direct questions. If there is no auxilary verb, then we use DO as a 'dummy' auxiliary:

Mary can speak French. - Can Mary speak French?
Frank has left. - Has Frank left?
They like swimming. - Do they like swimming?

They speak English in Gibraltar. - Is English spoken in Gibraltar?
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By the word subject we mean its place or who do the action

He was hanged..he ,here, doesnt mean he do the action
.he, here ,refers to an object.
Correct me please..
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He was hanged.

He is the grammatical subject of the construction was hanged. The fact that the action of hanging was performed on him is shown by the passive voice of the verb.
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