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Penicillin Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Question about Passive

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00Sometimes passive sentences are described without using auxiliary verb, when don't we use aux verbs in passive sentence?02br
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00- Insulin: A hormone secreted by the Pancreas; why we don't say "A hormone 01b00is02b00 secreted by the Pancreas."?02br
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»02br 02br 00It's rather: A hormone which is secreted by the Pancreas. 02br 02br 00As to the grammar, I can't say what it is. 0-

— Ant_222

  • »02br 02br 00It's rather: A hormone which is secreted by the Pancreas.
  • 02br 02br 00As to the grammar, I can't say what it is.
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0 «why we don't say "A hormone is secreted by the Pancreas."?»02br
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00It's rather: A hormone which is secreted by the Pancreas. That's the meaning.02br
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00As to the grammar, I can't say what it is. 0-
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01cite10Ant_22212cite10 As to the grammar, I can't say what it is.12blockquote
10A hormone 01del00which is02del00 secreted by the Pancreas -- whiz deletion 0-
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0 «... — whiz deletion»02br
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0 OK, why was the aux verb omitted? 0-
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0 «OK, why was the aux verb omitted?»02br
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001. A hormone which is secreted by the Pancreas02br
002. A hormone is secreted by the Pancreas02br
003. A hormone secreted by the Pancreas02br
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00Sentences #1 and #2 have different meanings. The first refers to a specific type of hormone, namely — the one that is produced in the Pa
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0Thanks, I got it02br
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00But are there other cases else for omitting the aux very when describing passive sentences?0-
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01cite10Onh198612cite10OK, why was the aux verb omitted?12blockquote
10The relative pronoun 01b01i00which/who02i02b00 and the subsequent conjugated auxiliary 01b01i00be02i02b00 can be omitted by ellipsis. This is a 01b01i01u
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00Sometimes passive sentences are described without using auxiliary verb, when don't we use aux verbs in passive sentence?12br
10 Example:- Insulin: A hormone secreted by the Pancreas12blockquote
10First of all, 01i00a hormone secreted by the pancreas02i00 is not a sentence. It is a noun phrase, that is
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0 CJ's explanation is right on. The original posted question is not a sentence. 02br
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00As I had commented before, often descriptive phrases do not necessarily follow the grammatical rules. CJ’s 05000 comparison is perfect.00 02br
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00In the same line, I also have this to offer:02br
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1b01i00A hormone secreted by the pancreas02i02b00 is a correct grammatical sentence, I am affraid02br
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00by the pancreas = 01a05000 02a02br
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00This hormone is probably a corticosteroid secreted by the adrenal cortex near the
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