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Hanuman_2000 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Refuse

Hello,

1.They refused him a visa.

The Passive form of the would be;

A. He was refused for a visa.

B. A visa was refused for him

Which one is correct?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

I don't think either of your options is correct. I was going to say, "He was refused a visa," but that doesn't sound quite right and I'm not sure why. "

  • I don't think either of your options is correct.
  • I was going to say, "He was refused a visa," but that doesn't sound quite right and I'm not sure why.
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I don't think either of your options is correct. I was going to say, "He was refused a visa," but that doesn't sound quite right and I'm not sure why. I prefer "His request for a visa was refused" or "He was denied a visa."
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He was refused a visa sounds OK to me.
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hanuman_20001.They refused him a visa.The Passive form of the would be
As you have discovered, an active sentence with a ditransitive verb, i.e., a sentence with both an indirect object and a direct object, has two passive forms. You can make either object the subject of the passive form.

He was refused a visa.
A visa was refused (to) h
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Hello,

1.She made me coffee.

A. I was made coffee by her. (Does it make a sense?)

B. Coffee was made for us. (This sounds right.)

Is #A correct?

Thanks.
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hanuman_2000A. I was made coffee by her. (Does it make a sense?)
No way.
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fivejedjonHe was refused a visa sounds OK to me.
Okay -- it sounded odd to me, but obviously only in the way something perfectly normal does sometimes when you think about it too much! Thanks!
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I was bought lunch. Is it wrong then?
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AnonymousI was bought lunch. Is it wrong then?
Technically, it's not wrong. But we don't say it.
If we don't know who brought lunch, we say: Lunch was brought to me.
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It says "bought," not "brought."

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