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Taruns1008 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Passive construction
Change voice of sentence:
Have this gate broken.
(Book answer: Get someone to break this gate.)
I have to change voice of this sentence. But don't even know where to start . what kind of sentence this is.
Have this gate broken.
(Book answer: Get someone to break this gate.)
I have to change voice of this sentence. But don't even know where to start . what kind of sentence this is.
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taruns1008 I have to change voice of this sentence. But don't even know where to start . what kind of sentence this is.
- taruns1008 I have to change voice of this sentence.
- But don't even know where to start .
- what kind of sentence this is.
- 'Have this gate broken' is an imperative sentence, and as such cannot be changed to passive voice.
- Your book answer is a paraphrase of the original,and it is also an active voice, passive mood sentence, so it cannot be changed to passive voice either.
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taruns1008I have to change voice of this sentence. But don't even know where to start . what kind of sentence this is.'Have this gate broken' is an imperative sentence, and as such cannot be changed to passive voice. Your book answer is a paraphrase of the original,and it is also an active voice, passive mood sentence, so it cannot be changed to passive voic
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