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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The passive form of "I was done with the work."

The following is of my own making.
1. I was done with the work.

I'd like to know the passive form of #1.
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

'done' is used as an adjective here. 'done with the work' is an adjective phrase. So you have an equative sentence (a sentence with linking verb be ).

  • 'done' is used as an adjective here.
  • 'done with the work' is an adjective phrase.
  • So you have an equative sentence (a sentence with linking verb be ).
  • I || was || [done with the work].
  • park sang joon I'd like to know the passive form of #1.
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'done' is used as an adjective here. 'done with the work' is an adjective phrase.

So you have an equative sentence (a sentence with linking verb be). I || was || [done with the work].
park sang joonI'd like to know the passive form of #1.
Such sentences have no passive form.

Occasionally, they can be inverted, but that's not the passi

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