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Resha Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Passive(already posted but i m not satisfy with given answers)

you asked that the passive of 'Let us swim' is not possible.but i have read in a book that passive of this sentence is "it is suggested that we should swim"
is it correct or not?if not than why
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resha "it is suggested that we should swim" This is a correct sentence, but it is not the passive of the original resha 'Let us swim' . The structure is quite different. "

— Philip

  • resha "it is suggested that we should swim" This is a correct sentence, but it is not the passive of the original resha 'Let us swim' .
  • The structure is quite different.
  • "
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resha"it is suggested that we should swim"
This is a correct sentence, but it is not the passive of the original
resha'Let us swim'
. The structure is quite different. The active of the highlighted sentence here would be something like "Somebody suggested that we should swim."
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reshayou asked that the passive of 'Let us swim' is not possible.but i have read in a book that passive of this sentence is "it is suggested that we should swim"
is it correct or not?if not than why

A passive equivalent of "Let us swim" is not possible because "swim" is not being used here in a transitive way - you can tell this because it has no obje
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swim, swam, swum. Many people have swum the English Channel.
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khoffswim, swam, swum. Many people have swum the English Channel.

I originally typed it as "Many people swam...," then decided to change it to perfect, but omitted to change the verb form. Mea culpa.

BillJ
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