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Rotter Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Passive or active

1] Everyone respects him. [active]

2] He is respected by everyone. [passive]

3] He is highly respected.

My question is on the 3rd sentence. Is it a passive sentence?
If it is a passive sentence, I would like to know the active equivalent of it.
  

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I think you will find an argument for either of these possibilities: Passive: He is highly respected (by his peers) His peers respect him highly. Adjective: He is highly respected. He is a highly respected person.

— Mister Micawber

  • I think you will find an argument for either of these possibilities: Passive: He is highly respected (by his peers) His peers respect him highly.
  • Adjective: He is highly respected.
  • He is a highly respected person.
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I think you will find an argument for either of these possibilities:

Passive:

He is highly respected (by his peers)
His peers respect him highly.

Adjective:

He is highly respected.
He is a highly respected person.
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RotterMy question is on the 3rd sentence. Is it a passive sentence?
You can look at it that way. (See Mr. M.'s remarks.)

Palmer would probably call it a 'semi-passive': "forms that appear to have corresponding actives, yet exhibit adjectival features". Others he mentions are embarrassed, elated, concerned, worried, surprised, and s
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Thanks everybody for the replies.
I must confess this is difficult to understand.
So the sentence in question is passive.

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