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Kittixay Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

"verb to be + past participle ed" another meaning

besides using "verb to be + past participle ed" to express as the passive voice, does it has other meanings?
e.g: "What are we supposed to do?"
  

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Hi Kittixay Your question is far too broad to be dealt with on a forum like this. We can't possibly cover all possible meanings in our short replies. If you have specific problems, give us some sentences and we'll analyze them.

  • Hi Kittixay Your question is far too broad to be dealt with on a forum like this.
  • We can't possibly cover all possible meanings in our short replies.
  • If you have specific problems, give us some sentences and we'll analyze them.
  • I'm not so sure there is much point in pondering whether a certain structure is active or passive.
  • The main point is to understand English and to be able to use it correctly.
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Hi Kittixay

Your question is far too broad to be dealt with on a forum like this. We can't possibly cover all possible meanings in our short replies. If you have specific problems, give us some sentences and we'll analyze them. I'm not so sure there is much point in pondering whether a certain structure is active or passive. The main point is to understand English and to be able to use i
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Well, you write sentences in passive voice when you are not sure about the doer of the action.

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