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Silak12 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Passive Causative in Passive?

Hi! everyone.Could you tell me,whether my sentences are right or not?Can I use passive causative in passive sentences like I tried below?
-This fort was gotten constructed in 1889.
-John had been gotten assassinated one day before his marriage would have taken place.(Is the colored phrase right? I know I can use "one day before his marriage" but I want to make sure what could be the complete sentence?
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silak12 -John had been gotten assassinated one day before his marriage would have taken place. Hi, This is ungrammatical. You have a past perfect context preceding a "would" present perfect clause, which makes it sort of messy and semantically troublesome.

— Dimsumexpress

  • silak12 -John had been gotten assassinated one day before his marriage would have taken place.
  • Hi, This is ungrammatical.
  • You have a past perfect context preceding a "would" present perfect clause, which makes it sort of messy and semantically troublesome.
  • For the same meaning, just say: John got / was assassinated one day before his wedding was supposed to take place.
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silak12-John had been gotten assassinated one day before his marriage would have taken place.
Hi,
This is ungrammatical. You have a past perfect context preceding a "would" present perfect clause, which makes it sort of messy and semantically troublesome.

For the same meaning, just say: John got / was assassinated one
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silak12Can I use passive causative in passive sentences like I tried below?
No. I don't think there is any such thing as "a passive causative in a passive sentence".

Your sentences are not grammatical.

CJ
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dimsumexpressFor the same meaning, just say: John got / was assassinated one day before his wedding was supposed to take place.
Hi! Thanks both of you for taking a look.
Could I say this then-John was assassinated one day before his marriage would have taken place.That colored phrase is the thing that didn't
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silak12John was assassinated one day before his marriage would have taken place.
Correct.

CJ
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I think you have marriage and wedding mixed up.
silak12I mean, marriage would have taken place,if John had been alive which he wasn't.
Now you are introducing the "conditional" element into the sentence which gives the sentence a different complexion. You should do some Googling on "conditional " and s"subjunctives". Al
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