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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Strange sentence

My teachers thought of me as having the potential of achieving a pass on my course, but unfortunately core examinations were missed by me, and no further resit attempts were made available to me.

Is this sentence correct?

Is it written in the passive voice?

Thank you.
  

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Anonymous Is this sentence correct? No. "resit " is not a good word.

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  • Anonymous Is this sentence correct?
  • No.
  • "resit " is not a good word.
  • Otherwise, it is grammatical.
  • But the sentence is very awkward.
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AnonymousIs this sentence correct?
No. "resit " is not a good word. Otherwise, it is grammatical.
But the sentence is very awkward. We don't usually use the passive voice where the agent ( me) is a pronoun.
AnonymousIs it written in the passive voice?
The first main clause is active voice. The second and third are passi
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'Resit' is fine in BrE.
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fivejedjon'Resit' is fine in BrE.
As an adjective?
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Most commonly as a verb, but sometimes as a noun or noun modifier.
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