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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Passive voice

Please give passive voice for the following sentence

I have a book

A book is had by me sounds not only odd but incorrect and does not seem to convey the right meaning. Please help. Thank you
  

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Anonymous A book is had by me sounds not only odd but incorrect You are right. Anonymous does not seem to convey the right meaning It is the right meaning but it is utterly unnatural. 'Have' meaning possession is not normally cast into passive voice at all.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous A book is had by me sounds not only odd but incorrect You are right.
  • Anonymous does not seem to convey the right meaning It is the right meaning but it is utterly unnatural.
  • 'Have' meaning possession is not normally cast into passive voice at all.
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AnonymousA book is had by me sounds not only odd but incorrect
You are right.
Anonymousdoes not seem to convey the right meaning
It is the right meaning but it is utterly unnatural. 'Have' meaning possession is not normally cast into passive voice at all.
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