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Tenjing Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

passive

I tried to beat him. Into 'he tried to be beaten by me'.
Do they have the same meaning?
  

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No, not at all. Think about it. In most situations, while you were trying to beat him he would probably be trying NOT to be beaten by you.

— Khoff

  • No, not at all.
  • Think about it.
  • In most situations, while you were trying to beat him he would probably be trying NOT to be beaten by you.
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No, not at all. Think about it. In most situations, while you were trying to beat him he would probably be trying NOT to be beaten by you.
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But the passive form of the sentence is correct, right?
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Well, "He tried to be beaten by me" is a grammatically correct sentence, but I'm not sure you could call it the passive form of "I tried to beat him." The main verb of that sentence is "tried," and it can't go into the passive voice because it has no direct object. And, as I pointed out before, the two sentences do not have the same meaning.
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