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Pravinth Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

She has been proposed

Hi Friends,

Can i say:

She has been proposed

Thank You
  

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Yes, but you need a preposition, usually "to". The active sentence can be, for example, The board of directors has proposed to her to accept the position. The passive will be: She has been proposed to accept the position.

  • Yes, but you need a preposition, usually "to".
  • The active sentence can be, for example, The board of directors has proposed to her to accept the position.
  • The passive will be: She has been proposed to accept the position.
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Yes, but you need a preposition, usually "to". The active sentence can be, for example, The board of directors has proposed to her to accept the position. The passive will be: She has been proposed to accept the position.
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Thanks for your reply sir,

But i don't know to whom she has been proposed [is this sentence right?]

so how can i say it. means i want to convey this message to my other friends....

Please help me.

Thank you again
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She has been proposed by the subject of your active sentence, in my example, the directors.

Since you asked about "whom", the following sense is what you're looking for. If one proposes to someone, it means s/he asks for their marriage. So, if we say "She has been proposed many times (by her classmates)." If a sentence is in a passive voice, there is less emphasis on who has made the pro
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Do you mean that someone has proposed marriage to her and she has accepted. In that case, she is now engaged, not proposed.
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Pravinth She has been proposed
hope it wasn't the case of being propositionedEmotion: embarrassed
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Dear LanguageLover, Dear Nona,

Thanks -My english is tooo pooor-that why i am in here!

Yes now i got the point- She is engaged! -Can i mail my friends like this????

Thank you very much!!!
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Yes - let's say your sister received a proposal for marriage last weekend and she accepted. You can write to your friends that your sister recently got engaged.

Let's say your friend is interested in your sister - "Do you think she'd like to date me?" he asks you? "No, she's engaged."

Or, you see a childhood friend in a few months, and she asks about your family. You can say, "Oh
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Good Example!

Thank You Geek

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