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Lcchang Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

passive or not passive

1font01b00This event may prove to be very significant.02b02font02br
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00The above sentence may sound OK to everyone. I still have a question for it however.02br
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00How can the event prove itself to be something since it is not a "live" thing?02br
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00Would it be better to revise it to the following:02br
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01b01font00This event may 01font00be proven02font00 to be very significant.02font02b02br
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00Please advise.02br
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0 Only your first version:02br
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01i00This event may prove to be very significant.02br
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00And no, you don't need a living and breathing lawyer to do that05102br
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00See the 01b00in02b00transitive version here: 02br
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10Only your first version:12br
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11i10This event may prove to be very significant.12br
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12i10is correct.12br
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10And no, you don't need a living and breathing lawyer to do that15112br
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10See the 11
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01cite10Lcchang12cite11font11b10This event may prove to be very significant.12b12font12br
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10The above sentence may sound OK to everyone. I still have a question for it however.12br
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10How can the event prove itself to be something since i
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0"The above sentence may sound OK to everyone. I still have a question for it however."02br
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00"How can the event prove itself to be something since it is not a "live" thing?" 01font00The shoes are 01font00selling02font00 like hot cakes. 02font01font00Ergati
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10"The above sentence may sound OK to everyone. I still have a question for it however."12br
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10"How can the event prove itself to be something since it is not a "live" thing?" 11font10The shoes are 11font10selling12font
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10"The above sentence may sound OK to everyone. I still have a question for it however."12br
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10"How can the event prove itself to be something since it is not a "live" thing?" 11font10The shoes are 11font10selling12font
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11cite20Inchoateknowledge22cite22br
20"The above sentence may sound OK to everyone. I still have a question for it however."22br
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20"How can the event prove itself to be something since it is not a "live" thing?" 21font
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