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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Dear Sirs ,
My name is Sahim Salim . I am a sophomore in the Dept. of English . I have some problems with some sentences as for changing them from active to passive voice . First , " Some costumers cannot bear waiters not serving them " . Second , " Many people consider that the father did not consent on his daughter’s marriage " . Third , " Get your hands in the air " . I am hoping you could help me reach these answers . My email is :
With Best Regards
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Passive Voice
Dear Sirs ,
My name is Sahim Salim . I am a sophomore in the Dept. of English . I have some problems with some sentences as for changing them from active to passive voice . First , " Some costumers cannot bear waiters not serving them " . Second , " Many people consider that the father did not consent on his daughter’s marriage " . Third , " Get your hands in the air " . I am hoping you could help me reach these answers . My email is :
With Best Regards
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First sentence: Not being served by waiters cannot be borne by some customers. This sounds really awkward, by the way, so I would avoid using it in conversation or writing. Second sentence: Many people consider that the daughter's marriage was not consented to by the father.
- First sentence: Not being served by waiters cannot be borne by some customers.
- This sounds really awkward, by the way, so I would avoid using it in conversation or writing.
- Second sentence: Many people consider that the daughter's marriage was not consented to by the father.
- (only consent is passive) This is also really awkward, and I wouldn't use it in conversation or writing.
- I can't come up with a passive form of consider in this sentence either.
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First sentence:
Not being served by waiters cannot be borne by some customers.
This sounds really awkward, by the way, so I would avoid using it in conversation or writing.
Second sentence:
Many people consider that the daughter's marriage was not consented to by the father.
(only consent is passive)
This is also really awkward, and I wouldn
Not being served by waiters cannot be borne by some customers.
This sounds really awkward, by the way, so I would avoid using it in conversation or writing.
Second sentence:
Many people consider that the daughter's marriage was not consented to by the father.
(only consent is passive)
This is also really awkward, and I wouldn
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The only 'reasonable'; way to do the second with the main verb:
That the father did not consent to his daughter's marriage was considered by many people.
Just as awkward or awkwarder than the others, but an excellent proof that doing active-passive-active conversions is a ridiculous language exercise, one that has no use in real language production and prescribed only bec
That the father did not consent to his daughter's marriage was considered by many people.
Just as awkward or awkwarder than the others, but an excellent proof that doing active-passive-active conversions is a ridiculous language exercise, one that has no use in real language production and prescribed only bec
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