Passive voice?

LeGion12359Is Passive possible for the above sentences?

Here's the same question: Does the sentence have an object?

Yes. 'cricket' is the object, so you have something you can make the subject of your passive sentence.

The question is whether you want to do that, stylistically speaking. Those sentences are going to create a real mouthful o

CalifJimHere's the same question: Does the sentence have an object?Yes. 'cricket' is the object, so you have something you can make the subject of your passive sentence.The question is whether you want to do that, stylistically speaking. Those sentences are going to create a real mouthful of words when you change them to passive. Care to give it a try so you can see what

LeGion12359due to certain rules

Did they happen to say which rules?

I think it's a m

LeGion12359But Teacher I saw at a website that states "It's not possible to change them into passive voice due to certain rules". That's why I asked.

There are no such 'rules'.

We generally do not use passive construction, particularly complex progressive ones, when the agent is mentioned, but they are grammatically possible.

CalifJimDid they happen to say which rules? I think it's a matter of some personal rules that they've invented to reflect their own stylistic tastes. Nevertheless, even if so, those opinions (not rules) are shared by many, so you'll rarely see or hear constructions like that.

No, they didn't state any of th

LeGion12359I have to be careful next time from these unauthentic websites

Quite, You are a lot safer here.

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