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Hanuman_2000 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

passive voice

0Hello,02br
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001. I know her.02br
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00What would be the passive form of the above sentence?02br
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00a) She is known to me.02br
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00b) She is known by me.0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Hanuman_200012cite 10Hello,12br 12br 101. 12br 12br 12blockquote 10Structurally, either, but I would say that the passive form is of no use there. 0-

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01cite10Hanuman_200012cite10Hello,12br
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101. I know her.12br
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10What would be the passive form of the above sentence?12br
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10a) She is known to me.12br
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10b) She is known by me.12br
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10Struc
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0Hi,02br
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00An instance where I regularly hear this passive form of 'known' is this.02br
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00Some thug is killed by other thugs.02br
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00On the news, they don't say or write 'He had never been charged with a crime, but the cops knew he was a very bad guy'.02br
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00Instead, what they regularly say is 01
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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi,12br
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10An instance where I regularly hear this passive form of 'known' is this.12br
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10Some thug is killed by other thugs.12br
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10On the news, they don't say or write 'He had never been charged with a crime, but the cops knew he was a very ba
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0Hi,02br
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01font00'He was known to the police'02font00.02br
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01i00Isn't "known" an adjective there?02i00 I know what you mean, and I wouldn't say you are wrong. Let me quote a little from a book I like, 'Teaching Tenses' by Rosemary Aitken. I like the way she looks at it.02br
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