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Nina_Nia Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Passive voice
Hello,
Could you check these sentences, please?
Someone taught him French.
He was taught French-French was taught to him.
Did they say anything interesting? Was anything interesting said?-
Was anything interesting been said? (The test's answer)
Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet was written.
Romeo and Juliet were written.
“Oliver Twist” and “Domby and Son” … by Charles Dickens.
?) is written; b)are written; c)were written( correct) Is 'are written' also possible?
Thanks
Could you check these sentences, please?
Someone taught him French.
He was taught French-French was taught to him.
Did they say anything interesting? Was anything interesting said?-
Was anything interesting been said? (The test's answer)
Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet was written.
Romeo and Juliet were written.
“Oliver Twist” and “Domby and Son” … by Charles Dickens.
?) is written; b)are written; c)were written( correct) Is 'are written' also possible?
Thanks
Top answer
Someone taught him French. He was taught French-French was taught to him. Did they say anything interesting?
- Someone taught him French.
- He was taught French-French was taught to him.
- Did they say anything interesting?
- Was anything interesting said?
- Was anything interesting been said?
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Someone taught him French.
He was taught French-French was taught to him.
Did they say anything interesting? Was anyth
He was taught French-French was taught to him.
Did they say anything interesting? Was anyth
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I missed one more sentence. The test says a) -is the correct choice. Do you agree?
Burn’s poems ….all over the world.
a) recited b) are recited c) is recited
I think 'are recited' is correct.
Burn’s poems ….all over the world.
a) recited b) are recited c) is recited
I think 'are recited' is correct.
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B is correct, but the name of the Scottish poet is Robert Burns, with an s. Consequently, the sentence should read
Burns's / Burns' poems are recited all over the world.
CB
Burns's / Burns' poems are recited all over the world.
CB
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Thanks, I didn't notice that. So using 's instead of '' ' '' after words/names ending in 's' is not wrong, am I right? I have been taught at school that it's a mistake.
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Nina_NiaThanks, I didn't notice that. So using 's instead of '' ' '' after words/names ending in 's' is not wrong, am I right? I have been taught at school that it's a mistake.An apostrophe is often added to proper nouns ending in an s. This is particularly common in American English but even the British avoid adding an s to what might be called classical nam
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So it's okay to use either an apostrophe or 's with proper nouns,(ending in 's' as far as I understood), but what about inanimate objects ending in 's'?
And once I wrote: The attic's door and I was told that it was wrong. There was no explanation so I figured that with inanimate objects it's better to use 'of' than an apostrophe or 's'. Isn't it so?
And once I wrote: The attic's door and I was told that it was wrong. There was no explanation so I figured that with inanimate objects it's better to use 'of' than an apostrophe or 's'. Isn't it so?
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The door of the attic.
We also sometimes use a noun to modify the noun following it: the attic door.
We also sometimes use a noun to modify the noun following it: the attic door.
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