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Okpositive7 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Need help with passive sentences

If the sentence is passive and there is a by,does that mean that what follows after it is the doer or the subject that is doing the verb?

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okpositive7 If the sentence is passive and there is a by , does that mean that what follows after it is the doer? Yes, and we more often say 'the agent' instead of 'the doer'. Janet found the lost keys.

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  • okpositive7 If the sentence is passive and there is a by , does that mean that what follows after it is the doer?
  • Yes, and we more often say 'the agent' instead of 'the doer'.
  • Janet found the lost keys.
  • > The lost keys were found by Janet.
  • The subject of the first sentence is 'Janet'.
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okpositive7If the sentence is passive and there is a by, does that mean that what follows after it is the doer?

Yes, and we more often say 'the agent' instead of 'the doer'.

Janet found the lost keys. > The lost keys were found by Janet.

The subject of the first sentence is 'Janet'. The subject of the second sentence is 'the lo

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