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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
passive sentences.
A1. Mary expected Sam to go home.
A2. Sam was expected to go home.
B1. Mary wanted Sam to go home.
B2. Sam was wanted to go home. x
Why do you think B2 is not possible??
C1. Mary wanted Sam to go home.
Also, in C1, do you think it can be interpreted as:
"going home was what Mary wanted from Sam" ?
Thank you.
A2. Sam was expected to go home.
B1. Mary wanted Sam to go home.
B2. Sam was wanted to go home. x
Why do you think B2 is not possible??
C1. Mary wanted Sam to go home.
Also, in C1, do you think it can be interpreted as:
"going home was what Mary wanted from Sam" ?
Thank you.
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Anonymous Why do you think B2 is not possible? One could argue that it is, but it is not a possible natural utterance. As a catenative verb, want is almost never used passively.
- Anonymous Why do you think B2 is not possible?
- One could argue that it is, but it is not a possible natural utterance.
- As a catenative verb, want is almost never used passively.
- Anonymous Also, in C1, do you think it can be interpreted as "going home was what Mary wanted from Sam"?
- Yes, that is what it means.
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AnonymousWhy do you think B2 is not possible?One could argue that it is, but it is not a possible natural utterance. As a catenative verb, want is almost never used passively.?
AnonymousAlso, in C1, do you think it can be interpreted asYes, that is wh
"going home was what Mary wanted from Sam"?
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A1. Mary expected Sam to go home. corrected
A2. Sam was expected to go home. Incorrected since expect is intransitive verb.
B1. Mary wanted Sam to go home. corrected
B2. Sam was wanted to go home. Incorrected as described above
Why do you think B2 is not possible??
C1. Mary wanted Sam to go home. => it can be expressed as passive since want is intransitive verb.
A2. Sam was expected to go home. Incorrected since expect is intransitive verb.
B1. Mary wanted Sam to go home. corrected
B2. Sam was wanted to go home. Incorrected as described above
Why do you think B2 is not possible??
C1. Mary wanted Sam to go home. => it can be expressed as passive since want is intransitive verb.
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Miranda TikIncorrectActually, expect is usually used transitively. There is nothing wrong with the sentence Sam was expected to go home.edsince "expect" is an intransitive verb.
Miranda TikSam was wanted to go home. IncorrectWant cedas described above
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expect is intransitive verb.
Sam was expected to go home=> to go home is not an object, it's complement.
Marry eats mango, mango is an object so eat is transitive verb.
It can be expressed as passive since "want" is an intransitive verb. => It is my mistake since I post "want"is an intransitive verb so it should
Sam was expected to go home=> to go home is not an object, it's complement.
Marry eats mango, mango is an object so eat is transitive verb.
It can be expressed as passive since "want" is an intransitive verb. => It is my mistake since I post "want"is an intransitive verb so it should
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Miranda TikExpect is an intransitive verb.No, no. It is transitive in the sentence.
Miranda TikSam was expected to go home=> to go home is not an object; it's
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