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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Passive or active voice?
What voice are these sentences in?
"Jargon and colloquialisms she avoids."
"Not for him an erratic girl, frequently late or absent."
I'm thinking both passive, but I'm thinking there is some deeper way to classify these.
These sentences were found in a text from 1975, would you say these sentences demonstrate the significant gender inequality of the time where the feminine nouns/pronouns are given end focus in the sentences.
"Jargon and colloquialisms she avoids."
"Not for him an erratic girl, frequently late or absent."
I'm thinking both passive, but I'm thinking there is some deeper way to classify these.
These sentences were found in a text from 1975, would you say these sentences demonstrate the significant gender inequality of the time where the feminine nouns/pronouns are given end focus in the sentences.
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Anonymous Jargon and colloquialisms she avoids. Third person singular simple present tense active voice. The word order is a little odd for English.
- Anonymous Jargon and colloquialisms she avoids.
- Third person singular simple present tense active voice.
- The word order is a little odd for English.
- Anonymous Not for him an erratic girl, frequently late or absent.
- This isn't a sentence as it has no finite verb.
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AnonymousJargon and colloquialisms she avoids.Third person singular simple present tense active voice. The word order is a little odd for English.
AnonymousNot for him an erratic girl, frequently late or absent.This isn't a sentence as it has no finite verb. It is neither active nor passive voice.
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