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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Passive VS active

If the first part of the sentence is active, can the second part be active.

can you say this?

Not only would I hurt myself, but I'd also embarrass myself.
Not only would I get hurt, but I'd embarrass myself.
Not only would I hurt myself, but I would get embarrassed.

Is the word I'm looking for GENEROUS?

1 Last time I saw her was 2 years ago, and I'm being generous, It is probably more like 28 months.

Thank you
  

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alc24 If the first part of the sentence is active, can the second part be active. Do you mean "can the second part be passive"? alc24 Not only would I hurt myself, but I'd also embarrass myself.

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  • alc24 If the first part of the sentence is active, can the second part be active.
  • Do you mean "can the second part be passive"?
  • alc24 Not only would I hurt myself, but I'd also embarrass myself.
  • Not only would I get hurt, but I'd embarrass myself.
  • Not only would I hurt myself, but I would get embarrassed.
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alc24If the first part of the sentence is active, can the second part be active.

Do you mean "can the second part be passive"?
alc24
Not only would I hurt myself, but I'd also embarrass myself.

Not only would I get hurt, but I'd embarrass myself.

Not only would I hurt myself, but I would get embarrassed.
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alc24If the first part of the sentence is active, can the second part be active passive?
It happens all the time, and vice versa. Don't worry about it.

CJ
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