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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Passive voice
Hi,everyone
My questions ask about the usage of the passive voice.
1.'The passive is used to describe processes.'What does that mean?
2.How can one know whether the word in a sentence is a verb or an adjective,especially after verb 'to be'?
Thanks
My questions ask about the usage of the passive voice.
1.'The passive is used to describe processes.'What does that mean?
2.How can one know whether the word in a sentence is a verb or an adjective,especially after verb 'to be'?
Thanks
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passive voice, passive (the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb) "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"
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