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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
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MPs told

British law firms help oligarchs avoid legitimate media scrutiny, MPs told

Two journalists spoke to MPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee about the tactics firms typically use

(A headline in the newspaper.)

Is "MPs told" a clause in passive?

  

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anonymous Is "MPs told" a clause in passive? Yes. Or rather it's a headline style form of that.

— CalifJim

  • anonymous Is "MPs told" a clause in passive?
  • Yes.
  • Or rather it's a headline style form of that.
  • The full sentence is something like the following: MPs have been told that British law firms help oligarchs avoid legitimate media scrutiny.
  • CJ
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anonymousIs "MPs told" a clause in passive?

Yes. Or rather it's a headline style form of that. The full sentence is something like the following:

MPs have been told that British law firms help oligarchs avoid legitimate media scrutiny.

CJ

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