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Forsubhi Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence passive voice or not ?

an insect gets caught up in the sticky hair
  

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This sentence has no Passive Voice. The insect (itself) does the action of getting caught. htm -- GN

— Gigilian Nguyen

  • This sentence has no Passive Voice.
  • The insect (itself) does the action of getting caught.
  • htm -- GN
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This sentence has no Passive Voice. The insect (itself) does the action of getting caught. Maybe this can help: http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-voice_passive.htm
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An insect gets caught up in the sticky hair.

Passive? Yes. The verb get sometimes is used to form the passive voice. This is passive voice with "be"

An insect is caught up in the sticky hair.
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AlpheccaStarsThe verb get sometimes is used to form the passive voice.
I see. I forgot about this. Thanks a lot.
GN
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