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MIG Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
"referred" or "was referred"
Hi.
Please read the sentence below.
Wouldn't it be better to write "was referred" instead of "referred"?
When you stop to think about it, the use of black to describe a massive shopping day contradicts the history of other “black” days. In fact, Black Friday originally referred to Sept 24, 1869, when the collapse of a gold speculation plan took the stock market down.
Source : http://blog.dictionary.com/black-friday-monday/
Please read the sentence below.
Wouldn't it be better to write "was referred" instead of "referred"?
When you stop to think about it, the use of black to describe a massive shopping day contradicts the history of other “black” days. In fact, Black Friday originally referred to Sept 24, 1869, when the collapse of a gold speculation plan took the stock market down.
Source : http://blog.dictionary.com/black-friday-monday/
Top answer
No, it's not even possible to replace it with 'was referred'.
- No, it's not even possible to replace it with 'was referred'.
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Pardon me, Would you please explain it a bit?
I searched a lot but I failed to understand the reason for its incorrectness.
I searched a lot but I failed to understand the reason for its incorrectness.
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If you replaced 'referred' with 'was referred', the verb would become transitive. That would mean someone referred the "Black Friday" to Sept 24, 1869. Maybe not entirely impossible, but we usually talk about words or terms referring to something rather than people referring them to something. I really don't think the sentence needs fixing.
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Please pardon me for bothering you again.
Would you please check my conclusion about this topic.
We can't
Would you please check my conclusion about this topic.
We can't
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MIG incorrect passive form ? Black Friday originally was referred to Sept 24, 1869.correct passive form (but semantically strange or incorrect)? Black Friday originally was referred to Sept 24, 1869 by John.The addition of 'by John' doesn't improve it in any way. In fact it makes the sentence sound even more awkward.
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