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Kamisu Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Passive sentences
Hello,
may I ask if those passive sentences are correct?
Active: The terrorist attack put an end to hope for a better future.
There should be two possible ways how to transform this active sentence into passive sentence.
Passive: An end was put to hope for a better future by the terrorist attack. (?)
Passive: Hope for a better future was put an end to by the terrorist attack. (?)
And then this sentence: He slept in that bed.
I guess this sentence can't be changed into passive... Am I right?
Thank you
may I ask if those passive sentences are correct?
Active: The terrorist attack put an end to hope for a better future.
There should be two possible ways how to transform this active sentence into passive sentence.
Passive: An end was put to hope for a better future by the terrorist attack. (?)
Passive: Hope for a better future was put an end to by the terrorist attack. (?)
And then this sentence: He slept in that bed.
I guess this sentence can't be changed into passive... Am I right?
Thank you
Top answer
The first passive sentence sounds wrong. An end was put to hope ... as if hope is a person.
- The first passive sentence sounds wrong.
- An end was put to hope ...
- as if hope is a person.
- The second passive sentence is more appropriate.
- although there is a sentence structure mistake there.
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The first passive sentence sounds wrong. An end was put to hope... as if hope is a person.
The second passive sentence is more appropriate. although there is a sentence structure mistake there.
It should like like this:
Hope for a better future was put to an end by the terrorist attack.
The second passive sentence is more appropriate. although there is a sentence structure mistake there.
It should like like this:
Hope for a better future was put to an end by the terrorist attack.
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Thank you
The first passive sentence sounds to me clumsy too, but there should be two possible ways and I can't figure it
The first passive sentence sounds to me clumsy too, but there should be two possible ways and I can't figure it
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