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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Look or Looked

Why "look" can be a passive?
- She look the book on the table.

- She look(s) pretty. Why not : She looked pretty, because it is passive word.
  

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You need to start your study of grammar again. Use Google or another search engine to study these terms: present tense (look) past tense (looked) verb tenses (look, looked) active voice passive voice transitive verb intransitive verb (look)

  • You need to start your study of grammar again.
  • Use Google or another search engine to study these terms: present tense (look) past tense (looked) verb tenses (look, looked) active voice passive voice transitive verb intransitive verb (look)
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You need to start your study of grammar again. Use Google or another search engine to study these terms:

present tense (look)

past tense (looked)

verb tenses (look, looked)
active voice
passive voice
transitive verb
intransitive verb (look)
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I think that is not good answer (I'm sorry to tell this). Although if there is someone who already has ability to read a map, than he ask a directon to you. If you answer him for using the map. I think that is not good answer, and not polite answer.

English is not my mother language also, and sometime I feel confusing, because there are words (example verbs), who have "special" thing fo
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The original poster does not yet know what a 'map' represents, to borrow your metaphor, so he is unable yet to ask directions on it.

'Look' is not passive voice. 'Look a book' is not yet English. It is necessary for the original poster to review some of the basic terms and ideas of English grammar, and that is what I have suggested. You also seem to think that there is some connection
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I understand exactly the meaning of a metaphor about someone who lost with a map, above.
If somebody really needs help, just help him. Not with a suggest.

If somebody falls from a cliff and ask for a help, just help him, not with a suggest : "better you learn how to climb."

Thanks.
Anton
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The suggestion is the help, Anton. I don't get paid enough or have time enough to explain the whole understructure of English to both of you. If you have a specific question, please ask.

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