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Is this sentence correct 'The concept was started being developed into a product' ?
  

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Anonymous The concept was started being developed into a product Not good. This is quite difficult to put in the passive, as you are trying to do. For a passive construction you can write: A start was made to develop the concept into a product.

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  • Anonymous The concept was started being developed into a product Not good.
  • This is quite difficult to put in the passive, as you are trying to do.
  • For a passive construction you can write: A start was made to develop the concept into a product.
  • But active voice might be better: We started to develop the concept into a product.
  • In any case, you can't begin with The concept was started .
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AnonymousThe concept was started being developed into a product
Not good. This is quite difficult to put in the passive, as you are trying to do. For a passive construction you can write:

A start was made to develop the concept into a product.

But active voice might be better:

We started to develop the concept into a prod
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