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Hanuman_2000 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Said to be
Hello,
I am confused about the structure of the sentence having " said to be clause" i.e
Two polygons are said to be similar to each other if their corresponding angles are equal.
What does "said to be" mean?
I know that the above sentence is in passive form.
What would be the active form of the above?
Can I write it as
2. Two polygons are similar to each other if ..........
Thanks.
I am confused about the structure of the sentence having " said to be clause" i.e
Two polygons are said to be similar to each other if their corresponding angles are equal.
What does "said to be" mean?
I know that the above sentence is in passive form.
What would be the active form of the above?
Can I write it as
2. Two polygons are similar to each other if ..........
Thanks.
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hanuman_2000 What would be the active form of the above? It would most likely be something like this: We say that two polygons are similar to each other if their corresponding angles are equal.
- hanuman_2000 What would be the active form of the above?
- It would most likely be something like this: We say that two polygons are similar to each other if their corresponding angles are equal.
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hanuman_2000What would be the active form of the above?It would most likely be something like this:
We say that two polygons are similar to each other if their corresponding angles are equal.
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