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Joseph A Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Passive voice
Hello everyone,
Can we change a sentence into passive if it includes the verb "listen"?as in the following sentence:
Active/ He listened to the song.
Passive/ The song was listened to.
Regards
JA
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Passive/ The song was listened to. That's OK grammatically. The preposition at the end is normal.
- Passive/ The song was listened to.
- That's OK grammatically.
- The preposition at the end is normal.
- This bed has been slept in.
- / All these papers have already been looked at.
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Joseph AActive/ He listened to the song.Passive/ The song was listened to.
That's OK grammatically. The preposition at the end is normal.
This bed has been slept in. / All these papers have already been looked at.
However, we don't usually use the passive when a very simple active sentence like this one can tell the whole story.
CJ
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