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CharmYou Posted 13 years ago
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Do you apply the active or passive voice to the verb stick?
The key stuck in the lock.(active)
The drawer sticks easily.(active)
The dagger stuck tightly in the silver scabbard.(active)
The door was stuck.(passive)
His head was stuck fast in the railings. (passive)
Why active voice is used for some of them, while passive voice is used for others?
The key stuck in the lock.(active)
The drawer sticks easily.(active)
The dagger stuck tightly in the silver scabbard.(active)
The door was stuck.(passive)
His head was stuck fast in the railings. (passive)
Why active voice is used for some of them, while passive voice is used for others?
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Y'know, there are some rules on when to use Active voice and when to use Passive voice. In active voice , the person or thing responsible for action in the sentence comes first. In passive voice , the person or thing acted on comes first, and the actor is added at the end, introduced with the preposition "by" more often.
- Y'know, there are some rules on when to use Active voice and when to use Passive voice.
- In active voice , the person or thing responsible for action in the sentence comes first.
- In passive voice , the person or thing acted on comes first, and the actor is added at the end, introduced with the preposition "by" more often.
- linking verbs).
- In active voice , the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the object.
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Y'know, there are some rules on when to use Active voice and when to use Passive voice.
In active voice, the person or thing responsible for action in the sentence comes first.
In passive voice, the person or thing acted on comes first, and the actor is added at the end, introduced with the preposition "by" more often. Passive form of
In active voice, the person or thing responsible for action in the sentence comes first.
In passive voice, the person or thing acted on comes first, and the actor is added at the end, introduced with the preposition "by" more often. Passive form of
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In your "passive" examples, "stuck" is actually an adjective, not a passive verb.
"The door stuck" -- describes what the door did
"The was stuck" -- describes the state of the door
The precise meaning of "stuck" that you illustrate is intransitive so does not have a passive form. However, closely related meanings can, an example of which would be "The picture had been stuck i
"The door stuck" -- describes what the door did
"The was stuck" -- describes the state of the door
The precise meaning of "stuck" that you illustrate is intransitive so does not have a passive form. However, closely related meanings can, an example of which would be "The picture had been stuck i
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mscindiaYou see, in the 5th sentence ; His head was stuck fast in the railings (passive voice). Whom does "his" in this sentence refers to? Either we don't want have information about whom the sentence actually referring to or we wan't to hide the information about the actor as it is of no importance. So in these kind of sentences, passive voice is used.The s
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