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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
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Can I say,

(A) English is spoken by her very well.

(b) English is spoken very well by her.
  

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I guess you can, but the sentences look awkward to me... Why not simply say "she speaks English very well"?

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I guess you can, but the sentences look awkward to me... Why not simply say "she speaks English very well"?
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I want the sentence in passive voice. Which one is better?
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I think it's not a sentence that lends itself to the passive.
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I think we mostly use the passive when the subject is unknown or unimportant in the context, which is not the case here.
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Exactly.

There are some instances when it would work, like English is spoken well by Susan, but poorly by James. Even so, it's rather stilted.
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