Fish can breathe the oxygen that is _____________ in the water.(dissolve).
How do I explain the use of a passive (is dissolved) in the given example?
My son wrote is dissolving.
Jigneshbharati How do I explain the use of a passive (is dissolved) in the given example? Tough question. If it is happening at the moment, it's dissolving, but this isn't about something that's happening now; it's about something that always happens, so the oxygen is (already) dissolved in the water.
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JigneshbharatiHow do I explain the use of a passive (is dissolved) in the given example?
Tough question.
If it is happening at the moment, it's dissolving, but this isn't about something that's happening now; it's about something that always happens, so the oxygen is (already) dissolved in the water.
See if that explanation works.
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