Passive form

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hii have seen below sentence in 504 absolutely essential words book:'precaution:measures taken beforehand'but i know 'measures which were taken beforehand ' is true...i have seen first structure  many different times til now  it is a brief form of passive sentence???tnx

Imantaghavi · Accepted Answer

Hi Mojtaba and welcome to forum,

Yes. It IS the abbreviated form for passive.

Regards,

Iman

Anonymous · Answer

Both ways of saying it are correct. However, the sentence becomes neater and less wordy when you leave off

that "which". You could've said measures which were taken beforehand instead. It has the same meaning.

You should also know dictionaries prefer using shorter sentences than long ones.

Good luck!

Bmojtaba · Answer

salam agha Iman

kindly let me know where an how i can find my posts???

tnx

Imantaghavi · Answer

Dear Mojtaba,

You can find your posts at your account where you can get there by clicking on your name under the search section. At the bottom of the page you can find your posts.

OR follow this route: Home >> the column on right>> your forums>> your posts

Hope that helps,

Iman

Bmojtaba · Answer

tnx iman jan

at front of vote this up/down is written for ex. +2 ???? and how many times i can vote for a post???

Thanks for your kind of attention

Hrsanei · Answer

Hi Mojtaba and welcome to English forums.

You are strictly refrained from using any language other than English here. So please stop using words in your own language. Since you are new to this forum, no blame attached.

As for your question, which were taken beforehand is a verbial clause. In verbial clauses similar to adjectival and adverbial clauses, the verb to be (were) and relative pronoun(which) can be omitted.

Note that this rule cannot be applied to noun clauses.

I hope you find the above information helpful.

Regards

Bmojtaba · Answer

hi

Thanks for your support!!!

The rain ceased and sky cleared......both sentences are passive that the verb tobe(were) is omitted????

Regards

Mojtaba

Hrsanei · Answer

Your sentence is NOT passive,it is past simple active.

Note, cease and clear can be used as intransitive verbs.

Regards

Bmojtaba · Answer

Kindly note that the verb (clear) when refers to face/surface is transitive....

in total clear is transitive.....'the sky was cleared ' is not true???

Tnx

Hrsanei · Answer

The sky cleared is not short form of the sky was cleared. They are two different sentences. In the former, clear is used as an intransitive verb and in the latter clear is used as a transitive one. As I already told you, clear can be used as both transitive and intransitive verbs.

The sky was cleared indicates that sth has cleared it.

You can say

The sky was cleared by the wind. (it implies the wind pushed the clouds so the sky gets clear)

There are other verbs similar to clear like change, improve and so forth

Ex. The color changed. (past simple active)- change is intransitive.

Ex. The color was changed. (past simple passive)-change is transitive.

Ex. You can improve(transitive) your speaking and your speaking improves(intransitive) if you go to other countries.

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