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Mateusz Basiak Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

passive voice

can you please rewrite the sentence in the passive?
He will stop showing off if people take no notice of him.
thanks in advance.
  

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thanks in advance. You first.

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Mateusz Basiak can you please rewrite the sentence in the passive?He will stop showing off if people take no notice of him.thanks in advance.
You first.
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hah I made more than 100 sentences today and this one I find hard.
my answer would be; 'showing off will be stopped if people take no notice of him'
but I'm not sure about it. it sounds weird for me. is it correct?
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No notice of him will be taken (by people) when he stops showing off.
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Mateusz Basiakplease rewrite the sentence in the passive?
He will stop showing off if people take no notice of him.

The main clause (underlined) is not transitive (i.e., has no object); therefore, this sentence cannot be made passive. The best you can do is make the subordinate clause passive: if no notice is taken of him.

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what is interesting, in the exercise, nothing about this that some of the sentences might not be able to rewrite as passive is mentioned. I assumed that all the examples must be done, I knew that there is something tricky about this sentence. Thank you very much!

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