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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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Passive voice with the verbs of movement

I'm curious if there is a way to make these sentences passive:

- They jumped on/onto me. Is it okay to say "I was jumped on/onto"?

-They have run over to me. "I have been run over"?

I know that it is okay to say "be joked about" or "be broken into" (A house for example). But whay about the verbs of movement? Are the sentences correct and are they natural to use? Google translator claims that they are fine, at least translating them into my home language . Thanks in advance.

  

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anonymous - They jumped on/onto me. Is it okay to say "I was jumped on/onto"? "I was jumped on" is possible.

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  • Is it okay to say "I was jumped on/onto"?
  • "I was jumped on" is possible.
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anonymous- They jumped on/onto me. Is it okay to say "I was jumped on/onto"?

"I was jumped on" is possible. Without any more context I would understand it to mean that you were attacked e.g. by robbers. "I was jumped onto" does not feel natural to me.

anonymous-They have run over to me. "I have been run over"?

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