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Silvio Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Tense / Sentence Construction

"On seeing the car coming towards me, I darted for cover"

Hello, is this a passive tense? I am talking about the first clause.

thank you for your help please.
  

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Hi, No. For passive, you'd have to say something awkward like eg On the car being seen (by me) coming towards me . .

— Clive

  • Hi, No.
  • For passive, you'd have to say something awkward like eg On the car being seen (by me) coming towards me .
  • .
  • Clive
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Hi,

No. For passive, you'd have to say something awkward like
eg On the car being seen (by me) coming towards me . . .

Clive
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