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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

passive

Hello all
Is the sentence "Is your finger caught in the door?" correct?
Is it the same as "Has your finger been caught in the door?"
And in general, when should I use "is + past participle" to form a passive sentence?
Thank you
  

Top answer

" correct? It is correct. It is not a true passive, however.

— CalifJim

  • " correct?
  • It is correct.
  • It is not a true passive, however.
  • It's difficult to construct a true passive in the present tense without some adverbials as guides to that interpretation.
  • Is your finger caught in the door every time you close it?
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AnonymousIs the sentence "Is your finger caught in the door?" correct?
It is correct. It is not a true passive, however. It's difficult to construct a true passive in the present tense without some adverbials as guides to that interpretation.

Is your finger caught in the door every time you close it?

This is actually not a good examp
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Oh, BTW, I know that "is + past participle" is simple present passive. But the question is asking about right now.
Please anyone
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Anonymousthe question is asking about right now
Hmm. I don't know what it means for a question to be "asking about right now". It sounds like the answer should be something like "Right now it's sunny and cool here".
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AnonymousIs the sentence "Is your finger caught in the door?" correct?
Is your finger caught in the door right now?
Yes. that is grammatically correct.

Is it the same as "Has your finger been caught in the door?"
This is also correct. But it does not have the same meaning as the previous sentence. It is asking about the pas
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Thank you very much CalifJim and AlpheccaStars. I got it Emotion: smile
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