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Yiu hong Cheung Posted 8 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Passive voice question

why english passive voice need to use " be + past participle of the verb" ?

I feeling confuse with perfect tense , may I know what is the reason for use past participle in passive?Can it explain?

thank you so much Emotion: smile

  

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Are you asking for a long answer about how English evolved over hundreds of years? Do a google search for history of English or evolution of English , and you will find a lot of scholarly links. The short answer is 'because that's the way English works'.

  • Are you asking for a long answer about how English evolved over hundreds of years?
  • Do a google search for history of English or evolution of English , and you will find a lot of scholarly links.
  • The short answer is 'because that's the way English works'.
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Are you asking for a long answer about how English evolved over hundreds of years? Do a google search for history of English or evolution of English, and you will find a lot of scholarly links.

The short answer is 'because that's the way English works'.

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