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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Passive voice

what kind of verbs can not be changed into passive voice?
  

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Verbs that cannot take an object cannot be used in the passive voice. In addition, there are countless cases in which a passive structure is hardly ever used even if it is theoretically possible. i.

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  • Verbs that cannot take an object cannot be used in the passive voice.
  • In addition, there are countless cases in which a passive structure is hardly ever used even if it is theoretically possible.
  • i.
  • (= verb intransitive).
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Verbs that cannot take an object cannot be used in the passive voice. In addition, there are countless cases in which a passive structure is hardly ever used even if it is theoretically possible. In many dictionaries these intransitive verbs are marked v.i. (= verb intransitive).

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