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Sunsail Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Open passive

Hello
is this correct?
"next exhibit opens tomorrow"

shouldnot it be like this?

"next exhibit is opened tomorrow" or ver open contains a passive meaning itself?

Bes Regards
  

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It should be The next exhibit opens tomorrow. sunsail open contains a passive meaning itself? You are on the right track.

— CalifJim

  • It should be The next exhibit opens tomorrow.
  • sunsail open contains a passive meaning itself?
  • You are on the right track.
  • The verb open , as well as many others, can be used in patterns which make them seem like passives in meaning, though not in form.
  • There is no need to make them passive in form.
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It should be

The next exhibit opens tomorrow.
sunsailopen contains a passive meaning itself?
You are on the right track. The verb open, as well as many others, can be used in patterns which make them seem like passives in meaning, though not in form. There is no need to make them passive in form.

These verbs have three patterns
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Is there a list of these verbs? and how is this named in the grammar?
If I say "next exhibit is opened tomorrow" ,is it meaningful but grammatically wrong?
Best Regards
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Google "ergative verbs" or "the middle voice."
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