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Jigneshbharati Posted 5 years ago
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Is dissolved

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.

  

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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.

  • 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.
  • See if that explanation works.
  • Or you could get a glass of water and a spoonful of salt.
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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.

Or you c

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