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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

"Developing over a period of" Passive voice related question..

According to testprep the following sentence is correct.. Somehow it doesn't sound correct to my ears..

Developing over a period of years, Novel was finally presented by Cyndy to publishers.

Shouldn't it be "Being developed over period of time" as develop is transitive verb..

I developed the novel...

> Novel was developed by me..
I am developing the novel

=> Novel is being developed by me.

thanks in advance..
  

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Hello Sharad If "novel" in your sentence means "a work of fiction", it needs a definite article. "To publishers" also sounds a little strange; as does "a period of years". Let me adjust it a little: 1.

— MrPedantic

  • Hello Sharad If "novel" in your sentence means "a work of fiction", it needs a definite article.
  • "To publishers" also sounds a little strange; as does "a period of years".
  • Let me adjust it a little: 1.
  • Developing over several years, the novel was finally presented by Cyndy to various publishers.
  • We can rephrase this as follows, to show that "developing" qualifies "novel": 2.
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Hello Sharad

If "novel" in your sentence means "a work of fiction", it needs a definite article. "To publishers" also sounds a little strange; as does "a period of years". Let me adjust it a little:

1. Developing over several years, the novel was finally presented by Cyndy to various publishers.

We can rephrase this as follows, to show that "developing" qualifies "novel"
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