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Thin_air Posted 19 years ago
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passive voice with have

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00for my assignment I have to explain the use of the passive in this case: the best sort of happiness01u 00 is to be had02u 00 by giving up the worst sort of pleasures. 02br 02br 01font 00In a grammar textbook I found the explanation that the passive voice with have is used in a limited number of contexts but it didn't say which these contexts are. 02font 00Do you mean just this construction with the infinitive 'to be had'?

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  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00for my assignment I have to explain the use of the passive in this case: the best sort of happiness01u 00 is to be had02u 00 by giving up the worst sort of pleasures.
  • 02br 02br 01font 00In a grammar textbook I found the explanation that the passive voice with have is used in a limited number of contexts but it didn't say which these contexts are.
  • 02font 00Do you mean just this construction with the infinitive 'to be had'?
  • 02br 02br 00'To be had' has some other meanings, some of them informal, eg 'to be tricked'.
  • 01i 00Tom does not enjoy tricks.
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0Hi,02br
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