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Folletto9000 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

The passive

0Hi,02br
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00I'm studying the passive, I'm trying to change some sentences in the passive form but I have some doubts. For example:02br
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00Dad read Mark a story every night.02br
00Mark is read a story by his dad every night/A story is read to Mark by his dead every night.02br
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00Some parents read to their children every night.02br
00Something is read by some parents to their children every night. (I think this sentence isn't correct).02br
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00Mark told me about the party.02br
00I was told about the party by Mark. 02br
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00Sam remembers his friends telling him about the party.02br
00His friend is remembered by Sam telling him about the party or Sam remembers being told about the party by his friend? 02br
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00 Thanks0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00I'm studying the passive, I'm trying to change some sentences in the passive form but I have some doubts. 02br 00Something is read by some parents to their children every night. 02font 01font 00 It's not wrong, but this is better.

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  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00I'm studying the passive, I'm trying to change some sentences in the passive form but I have some doubts.
  • 02br 00Something is read by some parents to their children every night.
  • 02font 01font 00 It's not wrong, but this is better.
  • 02br 00I was told about the party by Mark.
  • 02br 00His friend is remembered by Sam telling him about the party or Sam remembers being told about the party by his friend?
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I'm studying the passive, I'm trying to change some sentences in the passive form but I have some doubts. For example:02font02br
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01font00Dad read01font00s02font00 Mark a story every night.02br
00Mark is read a s
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0Thanks a lot! I don't understand a sentence though.02br
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01font01font00Some parents read 01b00to02b00 their children every night.02font02br
02font01font00Their children are read 01b00to02b00 every night by some pare
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0It's more common with the passive to make the direct object the subject and to make the "doer" the least significant part of the sentence, if mentioned at all.02br
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00A friend gave this book to my sister. THIS BOOK was 01b00given to02b00 my sister (by a friend) - with the part in parentheses becoming optional. Who was the recipient of the book foll
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0 As I see it, this is the pattern:02br
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00Someone read him a story. --> He was read a story. 02br
00Someone read to him. --> He was read to.02br
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0Ok, thanks a lot!02br
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00Another question: when the thing a pronoun, is it different? For example:02br
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00I gave the men it.02br
00I gave it to the men.02br
00The men were given it by me.02br
00It was given to the men by me.02br
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00I bring Mark it.02br
00I bring it to Mark.0
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0Hi Folletto9000, 02br
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00It's best to start a new thread if you have a question on a new subject. 02br
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00Yes, when you have pronounds, it changes what is okay. 02br
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00I gave the men it.[N]02br
00I gave it to the men.[Y]02br
00The men were given it by me.[N]02br
00It was given to the me
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01cite10Folletto900012cite10Another question: when the thing a pronoun, is it different? 12blockquote
10As you can see, it's 01b00very02b00 different!0-
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I remember my father reading to me when I was a child

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