Passive sentence
A: I look up to him.
B: He is looked up to.
A: I look forward to the party.
B: The party is looked forward to.
A: He came up with a solution.
B: A solution was come up with.
A: He got away with a crime.
B: A crime was gotten away with.
Are sentence Bs passive forms of sentence As? Please help.
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They are passive forms, but they don't exactly match the original sentences. A: I look up to him. B: He is looked up to by me .
- They are passive forms, but they don't exactly match the original sentences.
- A: I look up to him.
- B: He is looked up to by me .
- A: I look forward to the party.
- B: The party is looked forward to by me .
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They are passive forms, but they don't exactly match the original sentences.
A: I look up to him.
B: He is looked up to by me.
A: I look forward to th
0Phrasal-prepositional verbs are rarely used in the passive voice.
These have three components (come up with) rather than the usual two components seen in purely phrasal (take out) or purely prepositional (rely on) verbs, so they sound rather awkward in the passive voice.
Even though you can form the passives of such verbs, I would recommend not actually using t
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