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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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This industry is not likely to be flourished.
  

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This industry is not likely to be flourished. This sentence doesn't seem to make any sense. If we say, "This industry is flourishing," we're using the intransitive sense, and we mean it's doing well.

  • This industry is not likely to be flourished.
  • This sentence doesn't seem to make any sense.
  • If we say, "This industry is flourishing," we're using the intransitive sense, and we mean it's doing well.
  • Your sentence uses the past participal as adjective, OR it's in passive voice.
  • Anyway, it suggests the transitive sense, which means it is being waved around like a flag.
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This industry is not likely to be flourished.

This sentence doesn't seem to make any sense.

If we say, "This industry is flourishing," we're using the intransitive sense, and we mean it's doing well.

Your sentence uses the past participal as adjective, OR it's in passive voice. Anyway, it suggests the trans

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