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Youngbuts Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
inversion or fronting of passive
Hello, everybody.
I have some questions about inversions and frontings. Would you take a look at the below sentences?
1.The apple was eaten by me.(O)
2.Eaten the apple was by me. (?)
3.Eaten was the apple by me. (?)
I have heard that we can say "Going to the school was Shelly." instead of Shelly was going to the school. Could the inversion be applied to passive sentences as in #2 and #3?
Many thanks in advance.
I have some questions about inversions and frontings. Would you take a look at the below sentences?
1.The apple was eaten by me.(O)
2.Eaten the apple was by me. (?)
3.Eaten was the apple by me. (?)
I have heard that we can say "Going to the school was Shelly." instead of Shelly was going to the school. Could the inversion be applied to passive sentences as in #2 and #3?
Many thanks in advance.
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youngbuts I have heard that we can say "Going to the school was Shelly. No, you cannot. youngbuts ol.
- youngbuts I have heard that we can say "Going to the school was Shelly.
- No, you cannot.
- youngbuts ol.
- Could the inversion be applied to passive sentences as in #2 and #3?
- No, it cannot.
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youngbutsI have heard that we can say "Going to the school was Shelly.No, you cannot.
youngbutsol. Could the inversion be applied to passive sentences as in #2 and #3?No, it cannot. Even your original sentence ('The apple was eaten by me.') is highly unlikely. Personal pronouns rarely occur as agents in passive sentences
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