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Cho7712 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
prepositional verb
Would you check the correctness of each sentence?
(all the underlined phrases are supposed to be the prepositional verbs.)
1.Help is asked for by him
2.Selectivism is believed in by the vain shrink economists.
3.They’ve never been written about before.
4.A hundred more were come across when the road was laid.
5. Each person lives in fear of being turned on by a malevolent regime.
(all the underlined phrases are supposed to be the prepositional verbs.)
1.Help is asked for by him
2.Selectivism is believed in by the vain shrink economists.
3.They’ve never been written about before.
4.A hundred more were come across when the road was laid.
5. Each person lives in fear of being turned on by a malevolent regime.
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These are more commonly called "phrasal verbs". Is there any reason why you chose passive voice? Active voice is much more natural.
- These are more commonly called "phrasal verbs".
- Is there any reason why you chose passive voice?
- Active voice is much more natural.
- #2 - vain shrink economists - I have never heard of "vain shrink" before.
- #4 - A hundred more were coming across when the road was laid.
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These are more commonly called "phrasal verbs".
Is there any reason why you chose passive voice? Active voice is much more natural.
#2 - vain shrink economists - I have never heard of "vain shrink" before.
#4 - A hundred more were coming across when the road was laid.
#5. Each person lives in fear of being turned on by a malevolent regime. I suppose it is
Is there any reason why you chose passive voice? Active voice is much more natural.
#2 - vain shrink economists - I have never heard of "vain shrink" before.
#4 - A hundred more were coming across when the road was laid.
#5. Each person lives in fear of being turned on by a malevolent regime. I suppose it is
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I don't have particular reason to use passive voice but I want to know the possibility for using passive voice in those cases. That's because the book I refer to gives no remark on the passivization of these 5 phrasal verbs.
And I am sorry for the peculiar sentence examples, they were dragged here only for the reason that they show the passive version of phrasal verb
Acoording to your
And I am sorry for the peculiar sentence examples, they were dragged here only for the reason that they show the passive version of phrasal verb
Acoording to your
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AlpheccaStars#4 - A hundred more were coming across when the road was laid.In BrE, 'come across can mean 'discovered'. If the things referred to were ancient artifacts, skeletons, etc, 'were come across' is just about possible.
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AlpheccaStarsThese are more commonly called "phrasal verbs".
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