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Vsuresh Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Passive voice
Hi
Please help me with this:
On July 4,1934, Marie Curie died in Paris, killed by her own experiments. She died of radiation poisoning and may have been the first person to do so.
Here the person was not the cause of her death, which is justified "by killed by her own experiments".
But the underlined portion,does not agree with it.
I thought it is so because "....been the first person to have been done so" sounds odd.
Please help me with this:
On July 4,1934, Marie Curie died in Paris, killed by her own experiments. She died of radiation poisoning and may have been the first person to do so.
Here the person was not the cause of her death, which is justified "by killed by her own experiments".
But the underlined portion,does not agree with it.
I thought it is so because "....been the first person to have been done so" sounds odd.
Top answer
"To do so" links with the earlier "She died" which is of course in the active voice.
- "To do so" links with the earlier "She died" which is of course in the active voice.
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"To do so" links with the earlier "She died" which is of course in the active voice.
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