So confused! I need desperate help.
A: You outspoken me in the church. This sentence means you spoke more than me.
B: I was outspoken in the church. This sentence is the passive form of sentence A but this sentence doesn’t mean the same as the sentence A. It just means I spoke without caring about what others have to say.
Can someone please help me understand even though they are the same sentence with passive and active form, why do they have completely different meanings? My head is spinning.
Top answer
If you want to show an active/passive pair of sentences, you need different sentences. You need a sentence with a direct object for the active form: The boy threw the ball over the fence. Then, to make the passive sentence, you make the direct object the subject: The ball was thrown over the fence (by the boy).
- If you want to show an active/passive pair of sentences, you need different sentences.
- You need a sentence with a direct object for the active form: The boy threw the ball over the fence.
- Then, to make the passive sentence, you make the direct object the subject: The ball was thrown over the fence (by the boy).
- CJ
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If you want to show an active/passive pair of sentences, you need different sentences. You need a sentence with a direct object for the active form:
The boy threw the ball over the fence.
Then, to make the passive sentence, you make the direct object the subject:
The ball was thrown over the fence (by the boy).
CJ
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