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Ferdis Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Is run

Is this correct?

Suppose an application is run that crashes the system. In that case, ...

It sounds so strange.
  

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Hi, It''s OK. The passive is used because the person who runs it is not known or not important. Probably more common, certainly in spoken English, is Suppose someone runs an application that crashes the system.

— Clive

  • Hi, It''s OK.
  • The passive is used because the person who runs it is not known or not important.
  • Probably more common, certainly in spoken English, is Suppose someone runs an application that crashes the system.
  • In that case, ...
  • or Suppose an application crashes the system.
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Hi,

It''s OK.

The passive is used because the person who runs it is not known or not important.

Probably more common, certainly in spoken English, is

Suppose someone runs an application that crashes the system. In that case, ...

or

Suppose an application crashes the system. In that case, ...

Clive
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