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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
passive voice
Are these sentences considered correct if they are in passive voice?
(a) John put the book on the table.
(i) The book is put on the table by John.
(ii) The book is put by John on the table.
(b) My friend plays football every evening.
(i) Football is played by my friend every evening.
(ii) Football is played every evening by my friend.
(a) John put the book on the table.
(i) The book is put on the table by John.
(ii) The book is put by John on the table.
(b) My friend plays football every evening.
(i) Football is played by my friend every evening.
(ii) Football is played every evening by my friend.
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(i)
(ii) The book is put by John on the table.
(b) My friend plays football every evening.
(i) .
(ii) Football is played every evening by my friend.
One comment:
Passive voice by nature has an agent; either it's spoken or otherwise , just like this example "Football is played by my friend every evening." But it can
(ii) The book is put by John on the table.
(b) My friend plays football every evening.
(i) .
(ii) Football is played every evening by my friend.
One comment:
Passive voice by nature has an agent; either it's spoken or otherwise , just like this example "Football is played by my friend every evening." But it can
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Vincent Teo(a) John put the book on the table.Put is past tense, is is present tense. Change it: The book was
(i) The book is put on the table by John.
(ii) The book is put by John on the table.
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Goodmanfootball is a popular sport played almost in all Asain and European countries. There is no direct agent here but it's still a passive structure.That sentence is not in the passive voice.
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Hi,
If I take out the [in] and replaced by [by], now, would you see it as "passive"
football is a popular sport played (by) almostin all Asain and European countries.
This is a car of the future designed and built with the newest technology for safety and comfort. How would you classify this sentence then?
If I take out the [in] and replaced by [by], now, would you see it as "passive"
football is a popular sport played (by) almost
This is a car of the future designed and built with the newest technology for safety and comfort. How would you classify this sentence then?
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GoodmanHow would you classify this sentence then?Goodman, your sentences are active voice. Their construction is: subject + linking verb (to be), + a noun phrase (predicate nominative). The passive voice, on the other hand, is formed thus: subject + verb to be + past participle of the lexical verb.
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You wrote:
<<The passive voice, on the other hand, is formed thus: subject + verb to be + past participle of the lexical verb.
I wrote:
<< This is a car of the future designed and built with the newest technology for safety and comfort. >>
Question: what do you call [designed] and [built] in this sentence? They are still past parti
<<The passive voice, on the other hand, is formed thus: subject + verb to be + past participle of the lexical verb.
I wrote:
<< This is a car of the future designed and built with the newest technology for safety and comfort. >>
Question: what do you call [designed] and [built] in this sentence? They are still past parti
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Goodman, your sentence is "This is a car". The rest is just an adjectival clause modifying "car".
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Huevos Goodman, your sentence is"This is a car". The rest is just an adjectival clause modifying "car".What if I say "this car is designed and built with the newest technology..." You will agree it's passive, won't you? It's just the past participle is linked closely to the verb to be, rather than placed in a clause, b
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Goodman, of course you can shuffle the elements of your sentences to convert them to passive voice but that doesn't make the original sentences passive voice.
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